<p>This episode was originally published on February 16, 2009.</p>

<p>Rack and Sinatra committer Ryan Tomayko talks about the benefits of Rails, the value of middleware, and the future of deployment.</p>

<h4>Also Mentioned</h4>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://tomayko.com/about">Ryan Tomayko</a></li>
<li><a href="http://rack.rubyforge.org">Rack</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sinatrarb.com/">Sinatra</a></li>
<li><a href="http://heroku.com/">Heroku</a></li>
</ul>

<p><a href="http://workonrails.com">workonrails.com</a>: Find or post Ruby on Rails jobs.</p>

<p><a href="http://bloc.io">bloc.io</a>: Learn to program with Ruby on Rails. Use code RAILS and save $100.</p>

Episode 13: 95: MicroPlace

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