javascript,mysql,ruby-on-rails,ruby-on-rails-4,private-pub
I would argue that your domain modeling is really off. The whole idea of a conversation is that the parties involved take turns being the the sender and recipient. What your have modeled is a monologue. A monologue is a speech delivered by one person, or a long one-sided conversation...
ruby-on-rails,ssl,https,thin,private-pub
Figured this out... It was all to do with the SSL certs. It appears I was missing the CA Bundle or it just wasn't installed correctly. Fixing this and then following this fix here: Using private_pub with SSL appending the ca_bundle to the actual cert worked. Also some useful tools...