# Behind the Scenes: Developing Podias New Version

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Podcast: [Remote Ruby](https://stenobird.com/podcast/remote-ruby-402505)
Published: 2026-05-01T12:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Chris, Andrew, and David open with some classic confusion over what day it is then dive into Podia’s gradual rollout of a major new app version, including how the team is handling migration, feature flags, dogfooding, and eventual cleanup. From there, the discussion turns to underrated Rails routing features like direct routes and resolve routes, a newly merged Rails query command, observability improvements through Hatchbox’s AppSignal integration, and the ongoing pain of CSS build tooling i...

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