# Nikita Sinenko - Ruby on Rails Engineer

> Updated: 2026-07-25

> Technical blog and portfolio of Nikita Sinenko, a Ruby on Rails engineer (Telora Labs) based in Dubai, UAE. Covers Rails 8 and the Solid stack (Solid Queue, Solid Cache, and the Redis decision behind them), Mission Control Jobs for queue monitoring, TimescaleDB in Rails for time-series workloads, ERP and accounting API integrations (Xero, Odoo), and building AI agents in Ruby with the Anthropic and Gemini APIs. Also covers PostgreSQL query-plan work, Kamal deployment, and Rails architecture decisions.

## Author

- Name: Nikita Sinenko
- Role: Ruby on Rails Engineer (Telora Labs)
- Location: Dubai, UAE
- Website: https://nsinenko.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/nsinenko
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nsinenko

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## Topic Hubs

- [Rails Performance: Query Plans, Cache, and Queue Latency](https://nsinenko.com/rails-performance/): Query plans, cache behavior, queue latency, TimescaleDB decisions, and deploy cost checks for Rails applications.
- [Rails 8 Solid Stack: When to Remove Redis](https://nsinenko.com/rails-8-solid-stack/): Decision guide for Solid Queue, Solid Cache, Kamal, authentication, Hotwire, and when Redis should stay.
- [Rails AI Agents](https://nsinenko.com/rails-ai-agents/): Anthropic, Gemini, SDK boundaries, tool design, background jobs, approvals, and cost tracking for Ruby agents.
- [Rails API Integrations: Sync Jobs, Webhooks, Reporting](https://nsinenko.com/api-integrations/): Odoo, Xero, OAuth refresh, webhooks, sync jobs, reconciliation, dashboards, and agent tools.

## Content by Topic

### Rails 8 Solid Stack

- [Solid Queue in Rails 8: Setup Notes and Trade-offs](https://nsinenko.com/rails/background-jobs/performance/2025/10/07/solid-queue-rails-practical-guide/): Install Solid Queue, configure recurring.yml and concurrency controls, decide between Puma and a separate jobs process, and understand the Redis trade-off.
- [Solid Queue Recurring Jobs: Rails 8 Schedule Setup Notes](https://nsinenko.com/rails/background-jobs/scheduling/2026/06/29/solid-queue-recurring-cron-jobs-guide/): Static recurring jobs in Solid Queue - config/recurring.yml syntax, Fugit schedule checks, class vs command, the scheduler process, and the at-least-once execution gotcha.
- [Running AI Agents as Background Jobs with Solid Queue](https://nsinenko.com/rails/ai-agents/background-jobs/2026/06/15/solid-queue-ai-agents-background-jobs/): Run slow, metered, non-deterministic AI agent loops on Solid Queue - queue isolation, worker-count throttling vs limits_concurrency, narrow retries, resumable runs, human-in-the-loop, and per-account cost tracking.
- [Sidekiq to Solid Queue Migration: Rails Runbook](https://nsinenko.com/rails/background-jobs/migration/2025/10/25/migrating-sidekiq-solid-queue-rails/): Per-job rollout from Sidekiq to Solid Queue with retry mapping, recurring job cutover, and rollback plan.
- [Solid Queue vs Sidekiq vs GoodJob for Rails Jobs](https://nsinenko.com/rails/background-jobs/architecture/2026/02/17/solid-queue-vs-sidekiq-vs-goodjob-rails/): Compare Rails job backends by workload shape: throughput, pickup latency, Redis cost, batch support, retry semantics, and migration risk.
- [Mission Control Jobs: Solid Queue Ops Setup](https://nsinenko.com/rails/background-jobs/monitoring/2026/01/14/mission-control-jobs-rails-production-monitoring/): Mount mission_control-jobs for Solid Queue, secure the dashboard, filter job arguments, add alerting outside the UI, and rehearse the retry path.
- [Solid Cache in Rails 8: When the Database Is the Right Cache](https://nsinenko.com/rails/performance/caching/2025/12/12/solid-cache-rails-8-database-backed-caching/): Use Solid Cache when operational simplicity and larger disk-backed capacity beat cache-hit latency, with separate cache databases, size limits, encryption, and Redis trade-offs.
- [Rails 8 Authentication Generator: What You Still Build](https://nsinenko.com/rails/security/2025/11/09/rails-8-authentication/): Use the Rails 8 authentication generator for login, password resets, and database-backed sessions, then decide what to build yourself: sign-up, confirmation, lockout, 2FA, and invitations.
- [Deploy Rails 8 with Kamal to a VPS: Setup Runbook](https://nsinenko.com/rails/deployment/devops/2025/12/02/how-to-deploy-rails-8-apps-with-kamal-to-a-vps/): Deploy to Ubuntu VPS with Kamal 2 covering server setup, Docker config, SSL, migrations, backups, and rollback commands.
- [Hotwire and Turbo in Rails: Where Server-Rendered UI Fits](https://nsinenko.com/rails/hotwire/frontend/2025/08/22/hotwire-turbo-building-reactive-interfaces/): Use Turbo Frames, Streams, and Stimulus when Rails owns page state, with clear cases where React still wins.

### Database Performance and Time-Series

- [Rails PostgreSQL Performance: Start With the Query Plan](https://nsinenko.com/rails/database/performance/2025/09/15/database-optimization-techniques-rails/): Use EXPLAIN ANALYZE to find the actual Rails database bottleneck, then fix the proven failure mode: N+1 queries, missing indexes, Ruby-side aggregation, or pool pressure.
- [TimescaleDB in Rails: A Practical Implementation Guide](https://nsinenko.com/rails/database/architecture/2026/04/05/timescaledb-rails-practical-implementation-guide/): When to use TimescaleDB over plain PostgreSQL, plus hypertable migrations, columnar compression, continuous aggregates, retention policies, and testing helpers.

### API Integrations and FinTech

- [Odoo API Integration in 2026: JSON-2, Webhooks, Dashboards](https://nsinenko.com/api/integrations/erp/2026/05/28/odoo-api-integration/): Odoo 19 JSON-2 API, native webhooks, plan limits, rate ceilings, external IDs, and warehouse-backed reporting patterns.
- [Xero API Integration: Pricing, Scopes, Sync Boundaries](https://nsinenko.com/api/integrations/fintech/2026/04/16/xero-api-integration/): Pricing and data-egress scope, granular OAuth scopes, rate limits, webhook gaps, reporting gotchas, and a warehouse-backed dashboard blueprint.

### AI Agents in Ruby

- [Rails AI Agents with the Anthropic SDK: Guardrails](https://nsinenko.com/rails/ai-agents/architecture/2026/06/09/building-ai-agents-ruby-anthropic-sdk/): Tool loops, MCP servers, approval gates, write-tool guardrails, testing, cost controls, and patterns for running Anthropic agents in Rails background jobs.
- [Gemini API in Ruby: Interactions Client Notes](https://nsinenko.com/rails/ai-agents/architecture/2026/06/26/building-ai-agents-ruby-gemini-interactions-api/): A narrow Gemini Interactions API client in Ruby and Rails - Faraday transport, function calling, server-side state via previous_interaction_id, background job execution, streaming, and approval boundaries.
- [Anthropic Ruby SDK: The Official Gem, Not ruby-anthropic](https://nsinenko.com/anthropic-ruby-sdk/): The official Anthropic Ruby SDK is the gem named anthropic, distinct from alexrudall's renamed ruby-anthropic - client lifecycle, messages.create, streaming, tool use, retries, timeouts, and when another Ruby gem fits better.
- [Anthropic Ruby SDK vs ruby_llm: Claude Gem Trade-offs](https://nsinenko.com/rails/ai-agents/2026/07/03/anthropic-ruby-sdk-vs-ruby-llm/): Use the official anthropic gem for Claude-specific features and typed responses, or ruby_llm for multi-provider apps and Rails chat persistence.
- [Claude Agent SDK in Ruby: Your 3 Real Options](https://nsinenko.com/claude-agent-sdk-ruby/): There is no official Ruby Claude Agent SDK - compares the three real paths (the official anthropic gem's tool_runner, the unofficial claude-agent-sdk gem, and shelling out to the Claude CLI) with a working agent loop.
- [Claude Code for Rails: Setup and Guardrails](https://nsinenko.com/claude-code-rails/): Using Claude Code inside a Rails project - CLAUDE.md project memory, permission allowlists, Skills, subagents, hooks, MCP, editor integrations, and team rollout guardrails.
- [Ruby MCP Server: Build One and Connect It to Claude](https://nsinenko.com/ruby-mcp-server/): Build a Model Context Protocol server in Ruby with the official mcp gem and fast-mcp, expose Rails data and actions as tools, and connect it to Claude and Claude Code.

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