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Life & fun · August 2, 2013

Rails Performance Help – Tracer Bullets

Tracer ammunition (tracers) are bullets or cannon caliber projectiles that are built with a small pyrotechnic charge in their base. Ignited by the burning powder, the pyrotechnic composition burns very brightly, making the projectile visible to... | Ninjas and Robots | Engineer, Designer, Founder |

Rails Performance Help – Tracer Bullets launched on August 2, 2013 with 68 votes, #26 of 475 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 13 years on.

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Rails Performance Help – Tracer Bullets is a Ruby gem that analyzes Rails application development logs to help developers study and optimize performance. It simplifies the process of identifying bottlenecks and tuning Rails apps by making log data easier to examine. The tool is designed for Rails developers who need to diagnose performance issues during development.

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Tracer ammunition (tracers) are bullets or cannon caliber projectiles that are built with a small pyrotechnic charge in their base. Ignited by the burning powder, the pyrotechnic composition burns very brightly, making the projectile visible to... | Ninjas and Robots | Engineer, Designer, Founder | Founding Engineer at Census (acquired by Fivetran) | Ex-CEO Highrise | Y Combinator Alum | Made Draf

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