Composing Rails App With Engines

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+# Composing Rails Apps with Engines
+
+This talks covers implementing a module service layer for Rail
+applications. Each service is separated into it's own engine.
+Example services: Email & SMS delivery, Email import, VOIP, among
+others. The services designed to be accessed over HTTP, but since they
+are engines they can be mounted inside your own application or as a
+separate running application. The talk also covers TDD development and
+creating a generator for more components.
+
+Important Points:
+
+* Composable Rails applications through rails engines
+* Integrating engines with other engines
+* Testing engines in isolation
+
+## Notes
+
+We faced a problem in a previous version of our product. We had many
+tightly coupled dependencies to external services. This made it a pain
+to switch services and hampered our development. We ended up splitting
+all these components up into different engines and running them in a
+completely separate app. The architecture of our service layer allows us
+to mount the engines in our own application or separately like we
+decided. The talk generally covers why we made this decision and how it
+turned out. It is an overview of the entire process.
+
+
+## Adam Hawkins
+
+My name is Adam Hawkins. I'm a rubyist, rails guy, and general
+open source nerd. I love to contribute to open source projects I use as
+well as write my own. I scratch my own itches through my open source
+work. When I'm not coding I travel and enjoy trance in very heavy doses.
+
+
+(Me)[https://raw.github.com/twinturbo/talks/master/headshot1.jpeg]
+
+## On the web
+
+- [Blog](http://broadcastingadam.com)
+- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/adman65)
+- [Speakerdeck](https://speakerdeck.com/u/twinturbo)
+
+