RailsConf 2018: The Life and Death of a Rails App by Olivier Lacan Now that it has become a mature web development framework, Rails is no longer the exclusive realm of burgeoning startups. Healthy small and large businesses have grown with Rails for years. Shrinking and dying companies too. In this talk we'll look at how Rails and its ecosystem of libraries and services can support both newborn and aging apps, and when it struggles to do so.