One Person Framework

Rails 8 is designed for solo developers who want to build, deploy, and scale without a team.

What Changed in Rails 8

  • Solid Queue: Background jobs backed by the database. No Redis needed.
  • Solid Cache: Cache backed by the database. No Memcached needed.
  • Kamal 2: Zero-downtime deployment to any VPS.
  • Authentication generator: has_secure_password with sessions built-in.

Our Stack

This entire platform runs on a single $5/month server:

  • Rails 8.1 + PostgreSQL 17
  • Tailwind CSS v4 (no build step)
  • Hotwire (Turbo + Stimulus)
  • Resend for email delivery