We’ve all been there. You’re clicking around your Rails application, and it just isn’t as snappy as it used to be. You start searching for a quick-fix and find a lot of talk about caching. Take your existing app, add some caching, and voila, a performance boost with minimal code changes. However, it’s not this simple. Like most quick fixes, caching can have long-term costs. In this article, Jonathan Miles discusses what caching is and what can go wrong, as well as explains non-caching strategies you can use to speed up your Rails app. https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/rails-caching-alternatives/