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Q4 2024: $352B in US e-commerce sales.

The quarter that makes or breaks your year. And the worst possible time for a production outage.

Every deploy is a gamble when your infrastructure is already maxed out.

How does your team handle deploys during peak retail season?

Today, we celebrate #Juneteenth, honoring the unwavering spirit of a people. Learn more and join the celebration at @NMAAHC: nmaahc.si.edu/Juneteenth

How do you really feel about your work?

A recent study from @lennysan.bsky.social and Noam Segal showed that 84% of tech workers are facing some level of burnout!

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What questions would YOU want to ask the legends of the Rails community? 👀

For the final #RailsConf, we're bringing together Kinsey, Nadia, Eileen, Marty, Evan & Sarah for a keynote panel on the past, present, and future of Rails.

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For more than 700 million people worldwide, clean water isn’t accessible. But with technology, organizations like @charitywater.bsky.social can change that. 🌐

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