Use the cheap Defer queue as opposed to sidekiq for view tracking.

app/controllers/topics_controller.rb

@@ -365,12 +365,17 @@ class TopicsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def track_visit_to_topic
-    Jobs.enqueue(:view_tracker,
-                    topic_id: @topic_view.topic.id,
-                    ip: request.remote_ip,
-                    user_id: (current_user.id if current_user),
-                    track_visit: should_track_visit_to_topic?
-                )
+    topic_id =  @topic_view.topic.id
+    ip = request.remote_ip
+    user_id = (current_user.id if current_user)
+    track_visit = should_track_visit_to_topic?
+
+    Scheduler::Defer.later do
+      View.create_for_parent(Topic, topic_id, ip, user_id)
+      if track_visit
+        TopicUser.track_visit! topic_id, user_id
+      end
+    end
 
   end
 

app/jobs/regular/view_tracker.rb

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-module Jobs
-
-  class ViewTracker < Jobs::Base
-    def execute(args)
-      topic_id = args[:topic_id]
-      user_id = args[:user_id]
-      ip = args[:ip]
-      track_visit = args[:track_visit]
-
-      View.create_for_parent(Topic, topic_id, ip, user_id)
-      if track_visit
-        TopicUser.track_visit! topic_id, user_id
-      end
-    end
-  end
-  
-end

spec/controllers/topics_controller_spec.rb

@@ -660,6 +660,9 @@ describe TopicsController do
         it 'shows the topic if valid api key is provided' do
           get :show, topic_id: topic.id, slug: topic.slug, api_key: api_key.key
           expect(response).to be_successful
+          topic.reload
+          # free test, only costs a reload
+          topic.views.should == 1
         end
 
         it 'returns 403 for an invalid key' do