[mark_l_watson]

I have been thinking of rails lately. I used both Rails and Merb way back when, but for many years now I have just used Ruby + Sinatra.

I wish that I had a more complex web app to do because it would be fun to get reacquainted with Rails. That probably won't happen since I have been going it the opposite direction, having updated a few Sinatra and PHP sites to be 100% static, and using cloud storage and CDNs.

[cyberferret]

If you are familiar with Sinatra, have you checked our Padrino [0] ?? Padrino gives you a lot of the Rails goodies without too much bulk added.

I've developed and deployed several 'real world' web apps in Padrino now. I looked at Rails in the early days, but for some reason could never really get to grips with it (probably because it was too opinionated for me). Sinatra/Padrino's DSL methodology seemed to sit better with me, and I ran with it.

[0] - http://www.padrinorb.com