Rails Consultants Who Still Ship Rails.
We're not a generalist shop that also does Rails. It's our main stack — the app that runs our own agency runs on it. Bring us a legacy upgrade, a stalled build, or a team that needs an extra pair of senior hands, and we get in the codebase the same week.
Four Reasons You're Reading This Page
Nobody searches "rails consulting" for fun. It's usually one of these.
A Rails 4 or 5 app nobody wants to touch
It runs the business, it's three major versions behind, and every gem update feels like a coin flip. Someone has to do the upgrade path — Rails, Ruby, and the gems that break in between — without taking the app down.
The original team is gone, the code is not
A contractor, an agency, or an employee shipped most of it and then left. You've got a real Rails codebase and no one who can explain the parts that are undocumented — which is most of it.
Outsourced Rails development to hit a deadline
Your team is Rails-fluent and just short-staffed for the next quarter. You don't need a rewrite or a different framework — you need a Rails developer who can pick up tickets on day two.
Rails has to move data in and out of a bigger system
SAP, a plant-floor database, a payment processor, a CRM. The Rails app is the easy part; the integration is the part that breaks in production if it's rushed.
Rails Application Development
New Rails apps built from scratch, or an existing one taken over mid-build. Rails 7.2, Hotwire (Turbo + Stimulus) for interactivity without a separate front-end framework, Sidekiq/Redis for background work, Postgres underneath.
What's included
- Architecture & data modeling
- Hotwire (Turbo + Stimulus) UI
- Background jobs (Sidekiq/Redis)
- Auth (Devise) & multi-tenancy
- Test coverage & CI
- Deploy pipeline (Docker, Heroku- or Coolify-style)
- Monitoring (Sentry) & analytics
- Docs & clean handoff
Roundabout
Legacy Rails & Ruby Upgrades
Rails 4/5/6 to Rails 7, Ruby 2.x to 3.x, Puma/Unicorn migrations, gem-by-gem dependency untangling. We patch the security advisories first, upgrade in the smallest safe steps, and keep the app serving traffic the whole time.
What's included
- Dependency & CVE audit
- Staged version bumps with tests at each step
- Deprecated-gem replacement
- Database & background-job migration
- Zero-downtime deploy plan
- Regression test backfill where coverage is thin
Roundabout
Outsourced Rails Development & Staff Augmentation
A senior Rails developer joins your existing team and sprint, reporting where your team already reports. No rewrite, no new process forced on you — we work in your repo, your standups, your ticket tracker.
What's included
- Onboarded into your repo & workflow
- Ships tickets, not just advice
- Code review both directions
- Scale up or down monthly
- No recruiting fee, no bench time
Roundabout
Rails Architecture & Code Audits
Before you commit budget to a rewrite, a migration, or a new hire, get a straight read on what's actually in the codebase — what's fine, what's a real risk, and what it costs to fix.
What's included
- Codebase & dependency review
- Security & performance findings
- Ranked, costed fix list
- Buy-vs-build vs rewrite recommendation
- Yours even if you don't hire us next
Roundabout
Not a Framework We Read About
Our own agency's operating app is Rails. So is our largest client build. Here's what's running in production right now.
Specialty-manufacturer ERP
Rails over Microsoft SQL Server, wired straight into SAP Business One and the plant-floor databases, auto-shipping ASN reports to their customers. Our largest Rails build, running on their own servers.
Campaign-finance data at scale
Years of Rails-backed data-integration work behind one of the most-cited money-in-politics datasets in the country. Millions of records, kept flowing and clean.
Our own agency's operating app
Rails 7.2, Hotwire, Sidekiq/Redis, ActionText — the app that runs client work, billing, and scheduling for both of our companies. We patch our own advisories first.
What Teams Actually Ask Before Hiring a Rails Consultant
"Is Rails even still a good choice in 2026?"
For most of what businesses actually build — internal tools, SaaS products, e-commerce, anything database-backed — yes. It's mature, well-documented, fast to build in, and Hotwire lets you skip a separate front-end framework entirely. We wouldn't run our own agency on it otherwise.
"Our Rails app is old and undocumented. Can you even work in it?"
That's most of what we get hired for. We start with a code and dependency audit — what version, what's deprecated, what's actually at risk — before touching anything, so you know the real cost before we start.
"Do you do staff augmentation, or only fixed-scope projects?"
Both. A senior Rails developer can join your existing team and sprint, month-to-month, no recruiting fee. Or we scope and quote a fixed project if that fits better. You pick the shape.
"What if we want to bring it in-house later?"
You keep everything — the code, the docs, the deploy pipeline, the credentials. No hostage software, no proprietary framework bolted on top of Rails. If you want to hire in-house next year, we hand it over clean.
Four Steps, and You Can Stop After Any of Them
A call
Thirty minutes. Tell us what's slow, stuck, or short-staffed. If it's not a good Rails fit, we'll say so on this call.
We read the code
A real look at the repo, the gems, the version, and the deploy setup — not a sales-y "audit" that ends in a quote for a rewrite you don't need.
Scoped work or an extra hand
A fixed-scope fix, an upgrade path, or a developer added to your sprint — whichever shape matches what you actually need.
We keep it running
Dependencies rot if nobody tends them. We monitor, patch security advisories, and stay reachable after the ticket closes.
Tell Us What's Going On With Your Rails App.
Thirty minutes, no pitch. Legacy upgrade, stalled build, or you just need another developer who already knows the stack — bring it as-is.