Running Ruby Apps

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Explains concrete choices: build a verifiable artifact like Docker images as artifacts and run CI that produces and tags those images (mentions Drone as CI), deploy by replacing instances rather than editing live servers, and centralize logs to Elasticsearch + Kibana or rsyslog/ZeroMQ instead of per‑host files. Covers Sentry for exceptions, Redis failure case, Prometheus/promdash for time‑series metrics, and simple ChatOps/Hubot triggers and a CLI for provisioning. Watch if wanting actionable tools and operational patterns.

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1. 0:00Introduction and goals
2. 2:29Dev and ops collaboration
3. 3:56Continuous integration
4. 6:28Artifacts and packaging
5. 8:40Production deployments
6. 10:33Deploying with confidence
7. 13:36Immutable infrastructure
8. 17:56Containerization strategies
9. 21:45Logging and visibility
10. 25:21Advanced logging techniques
11. 28:55Monitoring and telemetry
12. 32:46Tracking app performance
13. 36:05Culture and empathy

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