I am using paperclip gem and storing the images in the public folder, but i saw in many examples that used s3 to store assets like images. why? Also i have read few information saying that when we deploy our app in heroku we cannot write or store anything as because it is a read-only file system. If so, does heroku provide some services similar to that of the amazon s3.
Looking for more answers so as to get different views and points.
Keep in mind that when someone uses your web app, the browser tries to get athe web page the as fast as possible.
If you’ve only one server rendering html + assets, it’s naturally slower than having a dedicated CDN.