How do I handle long requests for a Rails App so other users are not delayed too much?

Question

I have a Rails app on a free tier on Heroku and it recently started getting some users. One of the events in my app involves querying another API and can take up to 10 seconds t

Answer 1

That sounds like a Delayed Job situation. If the first request is just waiting, the most efficient thing to do is assign a process to wait for it to complete and cut the Rails process loose to handle another request.