docbrown/docs/addl-tech.md

🔑 Key App tech/services

• We use Puma for the server
• We rely heavily on edge caching with Fastly
• We use Cloudinary for image manipulation/serving
• We use Airbrake for error monitoring
• We use Timber for logging
• We use Delayed Job for background workers
• We use Algolia for search
• We use Redcarpet and Rouge for Markdown
• We use Carrierwave/Fog/AWS S3 for image upload/storage
• We use a modified version of InstantClick instead of Turbolinks
• We are hosted on Heroku
• We use Heroku scheduler for scheduled jobs (default)
• We use Sendgrid for API-triggered mailing
• We use Mailchimp for marketing/outreach emails
• We use Figaro for app configuration.
• We use CounterCulture to keep track of association counts (counter caches)
• We use Rolify for role management.
• We use Pundit for authorization.
• We use Service Workers to proxy traffic
• We use Preact for some of the front end. See Frontend for more info
• We use Pusher for realtime communication between the application and users’ browsers.
• We use GitDocs for beautiful and SEO-friendly documentation

This list is non-exhaustive. If you see something that belongs here, feel free to add it.