# breakwaterltd.com > AI-optimized mirror of breakwaterltd.com containing 17 pages totalling 6,793 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://breakwaterltd.com/. Last updated: 2026-06-13T21:07:33.386Z. Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG). ## Homepage - [Ruby on Rails](/content/site-root.html): Ruby on Rails Development & 24/7 Support, (143 words) ## Articles & Blog Posts - [blog/index.html](/content/blog/index.html) (1 words) - [The things we make](/content/work/index.html) (257 words) - [Why did my software vendor fire me? — Breakwater](/content/blog/why-did-my-software-vender-fire-me/index.html): You found a great vendor. You came up with a great plan and executed on it effectively, maybe even staying on budget. You paid the agency hundreds of thousands of dollars and now you’ve got a high-end custom Ruby on Rails software application. It is just days away from launch and then you realize th, (1,027 words) - [Our Services](/content/services/index.html): let’s build something awesome Our Services, let’s build something awesome Our Services (400 words) - [In the beginning](/content/blog/a-simple-recipe-for-building-a-successful-software-minimum-viable-product-mvp.html): Building software is hard. There are libraries full of books detailing the failures and lessons learned. These days, the “lean” concept of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is all the rage in the software startup world but is still greatly misunderstood. In the following paragraphs, I hope to help, (993 words) - [Access](/content/blog/when-does-it-make-sense-to-hire-a-ruby-on-rails-developer-full-time-to-support-your-product-vddvs.html): From Airbnb to Bloomberg to GitHub, many companies large and small are using Ruby on Rails to build powerful, scalable, and easily maintainable web applications, taking advantage of its cost-effective nature that provides fantastic quality and speed to market. If your company relies on a Ruby on Ra, (1,004 words) - [The people are everything](/content/about/index.html): the people are everything About Us, the people are everything About Us (413 words) - [The breadth of work](/content/breastcancerorg/index.html) (583 words) - [Examining and Optimizing Slow Queries with Explain Analyze in PostgreSQL](/content/blog/examining-and-optimizing-slow-queries-with-explain-analyze-in-postgresql.html): Rails removes much of the pain from coding database interactions, but this does not mean that developers can ignore the implications of unoptimized queries, which under normal circumstances manifest themselves as a sluggish experience for users. Slow page loads are one of the top reasons for use, (428 words) - [The challenge](/content/interport/index.html): (326 words) - [Only use what you need](/content/blog/heroku-scaler-an-open-source-tool-for-scaling-heroku-web-dynos-on-a-schedule.html): Heroku is a great tool for hosting web applications. At Breakwater, we build web and mobile apps using tools like Ruby on Rails. Heroku is a fantastic place for hosting Ruby on Rails applications or the infrastructure (like APIs) for mobile apps. Heroku is fast, (437 words) - [Ruby on Rails](/content/home/index.html): Ruby on Rails Development & 24/7 Support, (143 words) - [Call or Visit](/content/contact/index.html): CONNECT TO THRIVE Contact Us, CONNECT TO THRIVE Contact Us (47 words) - [We are building a team of brilliant technologists who work smarter, not just harder. Is this you?](/content/careers/index.html) (187 words) - [Thank you! — Breakwater](/content/thank-you/index.html) (24 words) - [Examining and Optimizing Slow Queries with Explain Analyze in PostgreSQL](/content/sitemap-xml.html) (380 words) ## Resources - [Full Page Index](/index.html): Browse all cached pages with rich metadata - [About This Cache](/content/about.html): Methodology, technical details, and usage guidelines - [XML Sitemap](/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable sitemap for crawler discovery - [Robots.txt](/robots.txt): Crawler directives