Frequent Dependency Updates
Learn about dependency updates for our Rails application.
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In September 2018, GitHub posted a blog about their 18-month journey to upgrade Rails from a very out-of-date version to the latest version at the time (5.2). We have observed a similar project on a slightly smaller scale, and it required the most talented and experienced engineers at the company to be successful.
But we can’t help feeling that GitHub should’ve never been in this position in the first place. If it were us, we would’ve much rather had the members of that team driving customer value directly than spending over a year upgrading a piece of technology. While the team ...