28/05/2025
๐ฌ Today in , meet our RoR Engineer Yehor โ sharing his journey at Axon, the challenges heโs tackled, and tips for aspiring Ruby on Rails developers.
๐น๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐จ๐ง?
๐จโ๐ปFor 3 years.
๐น๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ?
๐จโ๐ปYes, I did. Everyone was friendly and always willing to help, which made the onboarding process smooth.
๐น๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐?
๐จโ๐ปI really enjoy how productive and efficient Rails is. Its conventions and built-in tools help speed up development while keeping the codebase clean.
๐น๐๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ?
๐จโ๐ปOne of the biggest challenges was optimizing a slow API endpoint that handled a large amount of data. It required deep analysis and refactoring to significantly improve performance.
๐น๐๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐จ๐ง?
๐จโ๐ปI really enjoy how much Iโve learned here. Thereโs always a new challenge that helps me grow as a developer.
๐น๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ?
๐จโ๐ปStart by building small projects to get comfortable with Rails conventions. Donโt be afraid to explore the documentationโRails has some of the best docs out there.