Modern web applications actively use real-time features. Before Rails 5, it was a little bit tricky to build yet-another-chat in Ruby, and most Rails developers chose competing technologies.
Now we have Action Cable. The problem is solved!
Not so fast. We have a great framework, but we still rely on Ruby’s performance, which leaves much to be desired when dealing with concurrency, high loads, and memory consumption.
Let’s take a look at the dark side of Action Cable, discuss its production usage, and an alternative cable—AnyCable.
