How do I stream OpenAI in Rails?

Use ActionCable channel per conversation, background job with `stream: proc`, broadcast deltas, Turbo for DOM.

Does Rails ActionCable handle AI streaming scale?

Yes for <500 users; cluster Redis for more. Batch DB writes.

Turbo wins — zero custom code, Hotwire native.

🛠️ Developer Tools

Yes for <500 users; cluster Redis for more. Batch DB writes.

Turbo wins — zero custom code, Hotwire native.

Rails devs, your AI chats just got fluid. No more staring at loaders while GPT-4o mulls over prompts — stream tokens live via ActionCable and Turbo.

theAIcatchup Apr 09, 2026 4 min read

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