A better version can be created in 5 minutes with Thymble: https://github.com/bkarst/thymble.
Clever idea though.
Clever idea though.
What specifically were your reasons for using rails for it?
I have several years experience using Rails so that would be my primary reason. Rails 5 has the ability to use Actioncable (a framework for handling websockets) which would be useful for notifications and chat.