Sessions at RailsConf 2012 about Amazon Web Services

Monday 23rd April 2012

• How Rails helps make cooking more fun in Japan

  by Masahiro Ihara

  With more than a million user submitted recipes and an active user base of 15 million monthly unique users, cookpad.com is the world's largest recipe website, and an essential tool for the 50% of all Japanese women in their 20's and 30's who use the site regularly.

  The Cookpad.com service is built on Rails and is running entirely on AWS in Tokyo, where more than 30 engineers are working in small agile teams to bring more value to users every day.

  As you know, Japan had a huge earthquake and tsunami last year, and some of those affected didn't have cooking facilities, water or basic foods for long time. Many Cookpad users immediately uploaded simple recipes that could be made without the basics in adverse conditions, and helped those in hardship immensely allowing them to enjoy food with their families at that difficult time.

  In this session, I'll talk about the COOKPAD way of creating services and the technologies behind them, and how we improve peoples lives through cooking every day.

  • Amazon Web Services
  • Ruby on Rails

  At 2:30pm to 3:15pm, Monday 23rd April

  In Room 615, Hilton Austin Downtown

  Coverage slide deck