Deploying Rails 8 on Render Free Tier: Bypassing the 512MB RAM and Read-Only Storage Limits

Short summary

A self-taught developer in Japan documents deploying a Rails 8 app to Render's Free Tier despite strict 512MB RAM and read-only storage limits. Key workarounds include precompiling assets locally to avoid OOM crashes, removing a nested .git directory, and redirecting the SQLite database file to a writable storage path. The deployment works but some CI tests still fail due to local-first configuration choices.

• •Precompile assets locally to avoid OOM crashes on Render's 512MB free tier
• •Redirect SQLite database file to a writable directory under storage/
• •Remove nested .git directories that break repository hierarchy during deployment

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