---
title: "#371: Configuring Puma, Unicorn and Passenger for Maximum Efficiency"
publication: "Ruby Weekly"
issue: 371
published_at: "2017-10-19"
canonical_url: "https://rubyweekly.com/issues/371"
---

#371: Configuring Puma, Unicorn and Passenger for Maximum Efficiency

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Ruby WeeklyIssue 371 — October 19, 2017

Nate Berkopec[Configuring Puma, Unicorn and Passenger for Maximum Efficiency](https://www.speedshop.co/2017/10/12/appserver.html)A guide to optimizing resource usage and maximizing throughput on 3 popular Ruby app servers.


Phusion Blog[Why Ruby App Servers Break on macOS High Sierra](https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/why-ruby-app-servers-break-on-macos-high-sierra-and-what-can-be-done-about-it/)A deep dive into the forking issue on High Sierra (which we linked in [issue 368](https://rubyweekly.com/issues/368)) and what workarounds exist.


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Sam Saffron[Fastest Way to Profile a Method in Ruby](https://samsaffron.com/archive/2017/10/18/fastest-way-to-profile-a-method-in-ruby)A search for the least intrusive and most efficient way to benchmark methods, accounting for objects allocated and thread issues.


Phusion Blog[Passenger 5.1.11 Released: A Key Security Release](https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/16/passenger-5-1-11/)If you use Passenger 5 in production, you’ll want to upgrade ASAP because of [this vulnerability](https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11/). HTTP/2 support has also been added.


Derek Haynes[Visualizing Rails Logs With Jupyter Notebook](http://blog.scoutapp.com/articles/2017/10/13/visualizing-rails-logs-with-jupyter-notebook)Jupyter Notebook is an open-source web application that allows you to share documents with embedded live code.


Ruby Object Mapper[ROM 4.0.0 Released: The Ruby Object Mapper](http://rom-rb.org/blog/rom-4-0-released/)New features include automatic mapping, automatic struct object inference, and support for custom struct namespaces.


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In brief

- [Monitor, Debug and Log Your Ruby Apps with Stackdriver](https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/10/now-you-can-monitor-debug-and-log-your-Ruby-apps-with-Stackdriver.html?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) news 
Use Google Cloud Platform? New, in-beta gems for Stackdriver are now available. Google Cloud Platform Blog
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- [Rescue Specific Errors. Avoid Rescuing StandardError](https://andycroll.com/ruby/rescue-specific-errors-avoid-standarderror-do-not-rescue-exception/?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Andy Croll
- [Using JSON Web Tokens for Authentication in Distributed Systems](https://sebastiancoetzee.com/2017-10-15-json-web-token-authentication-rails?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial 
This is Rails-focused but could be simply applied to any web application. Sebastian Coetzee
- [OOP and Rails System Tests](https://bpohoriletz.github.io/2017/10/16/oop-and-rails-system-tests.html?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial 
An exercise in building and testing page objects from scratch. Bohdan Pohorilets
- [Hacking Pixel Art on Video Wall with Ruby & 23,000 Text Messages](https://www.twilio.com/blog/2017/06/drawing-pixel-art-text-messages-signal-video-wall.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=sponsor4) tutorial 
Kevin Thompson hacked the video wall at Twilio's SIGNAL and shares how he did it with Ruby. TwilioSponsored
- [What Can You Do with The Array#zip Method?](http://www.rubyguides.com/2017/10/array-zip-method/?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Jesus Castello
- [The Command Pattern in Ruby](http://www.sihui.io/design-pattern-command/?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Sihui Huang
- [Sanitize Attributes Through Your Form Object with Virtus](https://drivy.engineering/sanitize-your-attributes/?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Drivy Engineering
- [A Practical Guide to Using ActionCable](https://medium.com/@rob__race/the-practical-guide-to-using-actioncable-30d570d8988c?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial 
.. that isn’t a simple chat application. Rob Race
- [Exploring Functional Programming with Ruby](https://jasoncharnes.com/functional-programming-ruby/?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial 
A list of videos and other resources. Jason Charnes
- [Let's Build A Blockchain: Building A Mini-Cryptocurrency in Ruby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aJI1ABdjQkt=17m23s) video 
[Repo here](https://github.com/Haseeb-Qureshi/lets-build-a-blockchain). Haseeb Qureshi
- [Updating Dependencies Sucks, So Let’s Do More Of That](https://depfu.com/blog/updating-dependencies-sucks?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_campaign=brief&utm_content=sucks) DepfuSponsored
- [InvoicePrinter 1.0: PDF Invoice Generation from Ruby](http://nts.strzibny.name/invoiceprinter-1-0/?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) code 
It uses [Prawn](http://prawnpdf.org/api-docs/2.0/) under the hood. Josef Strzibny
- [Karafka: A Ruby Framework for Working with Apache Kafka](https://github.com/karafka/karafka?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) code
- [Hanami 1.1.0.rc1 Released](http://hanamirb.org/blog/2017/10/16/announcing-hanami-110-rc1.html?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) code Luca Guidi

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