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Thread Safety with Mutexes in Ruby

July 21, 2025

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Hi, I'm Chris. I'm the creator of GoRails, Hatchbox.io and Jumpstart. I spend my time creating tutorials and tools to help Ruby on Rails developers build apps better and faster.

About This Episode

Thread safety can be tricky, so let's explore what can happen if our code isn't thread safe before diving into a real-world example where a mutex plays an important role in keeping a gem thread safe.