Miguel Conde & Peter Compernolle: Inside Gusto’s Rails Biolith
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Robby discusses Gusto's Rails biolith with Miguel Conde and Peter Compernolle, focusing on monolith management and data handling.
In this episode of On Rails, Robby is joined by Miguel Conde and Peter Compernolle from Gusto, where they work on a "biolith"—two distinct Rails monoliths serving 600+ engineers. Peter leads the HIPAA-compliant benefits domain, while Miguel is extracting the time product from the main monolith. They explore how Gusto identifies boundaries, manages temporal data, handles eventual consistency, and navigates the trade-offs of GraphQL federation. 🧰 Tools & Libraries Mentioned ActiveAdmin: Ad...
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