Jack Sharkey - The $1B Rails Startup: Scaling from 0 to Unicorn in Four Years - YouTube

Within four years of launching, ‪@WhopIO‬ has processed $1B+, handled 150k RPM, and now runs a feature-complete marketplace with real-time chat, notifications, payments, and live streaming - all on a Rails monolith with just 15 engineers. Founder Jack Sharkey breaks down how Rails gave Whop a competitive edge, the technical and hiring challenges they faced, and how Rails is the best framework for startups, period. #rubyonrails #rails #whop #jacksharkey #unicorn #startup #scaleup Thank you Shopify for sponsoring the editing and post-production of these videos. Check out insights from the Engineering team at: https://shopify.engineering/ Subtitles (Japanese, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese) thanks to Happy Scribe, a transcription service built on Rails. https://www.happyscribe.com/.