The Very Hungry Transaction - Avoiding Risky Database Patterns

Explore the evolution and potential pitfalls of database transactions in this 34-minute conference talk from RailsConf 2024. Follow the journey of a small database transaction as it grows to accommodate increasing business requirements, eventually becoming a significant risk to application and business operations. Discover common problematic patterns that can jeopardize data integrity and database health. Learn valuable strategies for identifying, fixing, and preventing these issues to maintain robust and efficient database transactions in your Rails applications.

RailsConf 2024 - The Very Hungry Transaction by Daniel Colson