Yeah Rails is dog slow compared to Node. I'm seeing more than a 10x
performance improvement for dynamic calls (and everything that I can I
cache and let Nginx handle it.)
I'm seeing something like 220 rps with Rails, 3000 + with Node, and 14000
when Nginx could server the request statically (te
I wouldn't vest much in speed. It's more about the language, the libraries,
and the community than anything. Luckily for you, both are good choices.
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Mark S wrote:
> Yeah Rails is dog slow compared to Node. I'm seeing more than a 10x
> performance improvement for
You would if you were paying for the infrastructure. Speed is an important
factor in user experience and SEO elevation. Also, if you use PageSpeed,
YSlow or Chrome's tools you'll end up writing xHTML and CSS much better -
most sites can be rewritten with 50% or less of the markup. The obvious
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