Todo

-RSS
-SourceForge it!
-Distribute with Rails bundled for host's not set up with Rails yet
-Make the FTP install easier/better

Limitations

Author Caveat
SlashLinks is the first Rails project I’ve done. I really like the framework and I think it helps the developer build a more maintainable app -- or at least I hope it does. However, there are some issues, namely, distribution. Rails apps have typically been hosted things thus far (though there are some nice applications out there for download like Typo, the Rails based blog). As a result, I’ve encountered some challenges with putting Rails apps out there for users to download, install, and configure. Here’s some of the issues I’m dealing with that might be informative:

Apache
The Rails framework needs to load each time an HTTP request is made for a page. Since the framework is roughly 22 megs in memory, this isn’t the quickest process in the world. You can use the FastCGI Apache module to speed things up, but there are some issues with this, especially on shared host machines where your resource usage is limited by the provider.