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* Attempt number 1 * Fix rack_attack specs * Fix users_searches_users spec * Fix display_users_search_spec * Fix comment typo * Remove search:destroy task from cypress * Remove port 9300 from gitpod * Stub response in attack_spec
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title: Stack
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## 🔑 Key App tech/services
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For the Forem tech stack we use:
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- [_Puma_](https://github.com/puma/puma) as the web server
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- [_PostgreSQL_](https://www.postgresql.org/) as the primary database and for
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Full Text Search
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- [_Redis_](https://redis.io/) to store cached data
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- [_Fastly_](https://www.fastly.com/) for
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[edge caching](https://dev.to/ben/making-devto-insanely-fast)
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- [_Cloudinary_](https://cloudinary.com/) and/or
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[_Imgproxy_](https://github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy) for image
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manipulation/serving
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- [_Honeybadger_](https://www.honeybadger.io/) for error monitoring
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- [_Sidekiq_](https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq) and
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[_Active Job_](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_job_basics.html) for
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background workers
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- [Ransack](https://github.com/activerecord-hackery/ransack) for internal search
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- [_Redcarpet_](https://github.com/vmg/redcarpet) and
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[_Rouge_](https://github.com/jneen/rouge) to parse Markdown
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- [_Carrierwave_](https://github.com/carrierwaveuploader/carrierwave),
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[_Fog_](https://github.com/fog/fog-aws) and
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[_AWS S3_](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/) for image upload/storage
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- [_InstantClick_](http://instantclick.io/) (a modified version) instead of
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_Turbolinks_ to accelerate navigation
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- [_ImageMagick_](https://imagemagick.org/) to manipulate images on upload
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- [_Heroku_](https://www.heroku.com) for hosting
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- [_Sendgrid_](https://sendgrid.com/) for transactional mailing
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- [_Mailchimp_](https://mailchimp.com/) for marketing/outreach emails
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- [_CounterCulture_](https://github.com/magnusvk/counter_culture) to keep track
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of association counts (counter caches)
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- [_Rolify_](https://github.com/RolifyCommunity/rolify) for role management
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- [_Pundit_](https://github.com/varvet/pundit) for authorization to proxy
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traffic
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- [Preact](https://preactjs.com/) for some of the frontend. See
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[the Frontend Guide](/frontend) for more info
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- [_Pusher_](https://pusher.com) for realtime communication between the
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application and users' browsers
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- [_GitDocs_](https://github.com/timberio/gitdocs) for beautiful and
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SEO-friendly documentation
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- [Git](https://git-scm.com/) for version control
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- [GitHub](https://github.com/) for hosting the source code and issue tracking
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_This list is non-exhaustive. If you see something that belongs here, feel free
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to add it._
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