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We're a Rails-first studio. We build, scale, and rescue Ruby on Rails applications — the framework behind Shopify, GitHub, Stripe, and Basecamp. Senior engineers only, fixed pricing, and code you own. Looking to hire Rails developers? Start here.

Quick answer

Ruby on Rails is a batteries-included web framework — the technology behind Shopify, GitHub, Stripe, and Basecamp — and one of the fastest ways to ship and scale production software with a small team. As a Rails-first studio, we build new apps and MVPs, scale and rescue existing Rails codebases, and provide dedicated senior Rails engineers — at a fixed price, with code you fully own, from $3,000.

The fastest way to ship
real, profitable software.

Rails is batteries-included: authentication, background jobs, email, caching, and testing are solved problems. That means we spend our time on your features instead of reinventing infrastructure — and you get to market faster, on a codebase that scales from MVP to millions of users.

New apps & MVPs

Greenfield SaaS products and web apps built right from day one — auth, billing, deployment, and 90%+ test coverage included.

Scaling production apps

Performance tuning, query optimization, caching, and architecture work to take your Rails app from thousands to millions of requests.

Rails rescue & refactor

Inheriting a messy or outdated codebase? We audit, upgrade, add tests, and pay down technical debt so you can ship again with confidence.

API & backend development

JSON APIs, third-party integrations, webhooks, and backends for web and mobile clients — documented, versioned, and tested.

Dedicated Rails team

Hire senior Rails engineers as an embedded team alongside yours, or for a fully-owned fixed-scope build. No outsourcing, no juniors.

Upgrades & maintenance

Rails and Ruby version upgrades, security patching, dependency updates, and ongoing maintenance to keep your app healthy.

A modern Rails stack,
end to end.

We build on the current Rails toolchain — fast to develop, simple to deploy, and cheap to run.

Ruby on Rails
Full-stack framework
Hotwire
Interactive UI, no SPA
PostgreSQL
Production database
Sidekiq
Background jobs
Redis
Caching & real-time
RSpec
90%+ test coverage
Stripe
Payments & billing
Kamal / DigitalOcean
Deploy & hosting

Fixed price. Weekly demos.
Code you own.

1

Scope & estimate

We define the work, design the architecture, and quote a fixed price before any code is written. For existing apps, this starts with a code audit.

2

Build in the open

Senior engineers build on a staging server with a live demo every Friday. You see real progress weekly and steer priorities as you go.

3

Test & harden

Automated tests, performance passes, and security checks. We don't call it done until it's production-ready with strong coverage.

4

Launch & hand off

Zero-downtime deploy to infrastructure you own, plus documentation and 90-day bug support. The whole codebase is yours.

Rails questions,
answered honestly.

Absolutely. Rails powers Shopify, GitHub, Stripe's dashboard, and Basecamp at massive scale, and the modern 7.x stack (Hotwire, Solid Queue, Kamal) makes it one of the fastest ways to ship and run production software with a small team. For most SaaS and web apps, Rails gets you to market faster than the alternatives.

Yes. We regularly inherit Rails codebases — upgrading old versions, paying down technical debt, adding test coverage, and shipping the features the previous team couldn't. We start with a code audit so you know exactly what you're dealing with before any work begins.

We do. Hire us for a fixed-scope project or as an embedded senior Rails team working alongside yours. Either way you get experienced engineers who write production Rails every day — not juniors learning on your budget.

It depends on your product, but for revenue-generating web apps we choose Rails for its mature, batteries-included ecosystem and speed to ship. We also build in Python (Django/FastAPI) when AI, data, or ML is central — and we'll tell you honestly which fits your project.

Completely — source code, servers, database, and domain are all yours, deployed on infrastructure you control. No vendor lock-in, no platform fees.

More on building with Rails

Need a Rails team that ships?

Tell us what you're building or what needs fixing. We'll respond within 24 hours with an honest assessment and a free estimate. We also build in Python when it's the better fit.

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