[parrots]

I've been debating using something like Parse or Azure as a backend, and this looks like a nice alternative as I'm usually a roll-your-own-solution kinda guy.

But I worry about how it would hold up in terms of performance, given this recent benchmarking fest featured on HN. http://www.techempower.com/blog/2013/03/28/framework-benchma...

[lgleason]

It depends on the number of transactions you are likely to see on your system. I love ruby, but there are areas where it begins to fall down.