Rails doesn't need any hand-holding any more. Apache+Passenger take care of most cases, Nginx+unicorn/mongrel take care of the rest.
Big, heavy traffic apps require special attention, but then that's the same for all big/heavy apps.
Big, heavy traffic apps require special attention, but then that's the same for all big/heavy apps.
Its not really that important just something that ive noticed. THen again there arent really any java sites that i can think of that are high load sites that have complex interfaces either. Meaning newer sites. MAybe they just arent in fashion anymore. Or everybody is just moving to ajax front ends.