Sheheryar (Shey) Sewani

Ruby on Rails Developer, PostgreSQL Enthusiast and Ops Guy.

About Shey

Based in Toronto.

Biking and Bouldering fan.

Creator of httpscout.io, a website uptime monitor.

Recent Posts

5 Gems That I Use to Simplify Development on HTTPScout

October 19, 2024

When building apps like HTTPScout, I’ve found that the key to staying productive is keeping things as simple as possible. I’ve spent enough time chasing...

Benchmarking HTTPScout: Rails Performance That Surprises

October 12, 2024

I recently ran a load test against HTTPScout, my Rails7-based uptime monitor, and the results were unexpected– p99 latency under 35ms for the landing page...

Nginx and Rails: Optimize Production Config Like a Pro

October 5, 2024

I’ve always been a fan of Nginx. It’s fast, stable, feature-rich, and challenging to configure at times. I learned most of what I know about...

Get in Touch

Feel free to reach out via email at shey@shey.ca.