Ruby on Rails Support, Upgrades & Modernisation
one version at a time, with tests that show nothing broke.

Yes. Rails is actively developed, and Rails 8.1 is the current series. What is not supported is old Rails. The Rails project gives each series security fixes for two years, so Rails 7.2 and everything before it, including Rails 3, 4, 5 and 6, no longer receives them.

Not safely. The Rails upgrade guide says to move one minor version at a time, so that the warnings each version gives can be dealt with before the next. In practice that means a series of small releases, each one tested, and not one large jump.

Because of what is underneath it. An old Rails and an old Ruby receive no security fixes, hosting companies retire the old versions, and the services your application connects to keep changing. The longer the gap, the larger the eventual upgrade.

Upgrade, in most cases. The application already holds years of business rules that work. A rebuild is right when the design no longer fits the business, or the code has been patched until nobody can follow it. The assessment says which, with reasons.

It is common, and it is the first thing we fix. Without tests, every upgrade step is a guess. We write tests around the work the business relies on, such as taking an order or raising an invoice, so each step can be checked. They stay useful long afterwards.

Yes. That is the normal case. A Rails application that needs this work was usually written by an agency or a developer who can no longer be reached. Rails applications follow strong conventions, which makes an unfamiliar one easier to read than most.

Yes. We are an Australian team and we take on Ruby on Rails work for businesses in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, and elsewhere in Australia. Most of the work is done remotely, by video call and screen share, with secure access to a copy of your system. The service is the same in every city: code fixes and updates, migration to a modern technology stack, and ongoing maintenance and support.

Remotely. We are based in Australia and do not have offices elsewhere. Discovery is done by video call and screen share, with meeting times agreed to suit your time zone. Confidentiality, who can reach your systems and where your data is held are agreed in writing before work starts.

The assessment is a fixed-scope piece of work with an agreed fee. The estimate for anything after it comes from what the assessment finds, in stages, so you are not asked to commit to a whole project on a guess.