The Killer Rails Experience

I’ve been MIA for a while caught up in a project, but wanted to do a brief post.  If you’re considering developing and deploying a Rails app in the near future then you need to consider using Rails Playground for your hosting.  These guys have given me the best experience I’ve ever encountered when dealing with a web hosting company.  Even better, they completely understand Rails inside and out.  There have been several occasions where I’ve had a configuration issue and they’ve fixed it within minutes.  You’ll most likely have the pleasure of working with Joe Clarke, their tech support extraordinaire.  If you listen to my advice only once then go with Rails Playground.  This is THE hosting company for Rails developers.

2 Responses to “The Killer Rails Experience”

1. Marlon says:

   September 27, 2006 at 7:20 am

   Have you switched from Bluehost then?
2. dennis baldwin says:

   September 28, 2006 at 7:38 am

   Hi Marlon,

   Yes our user community was growing quickly and the server was unable to support the load. We were on a basic account where there server was shared with 100-150 other customers. So frequenly we received errors saying that our application was taking more than the allotted amount of CPU cycles.

   I contacted BlueHost asking them if they had a more enterprise level plan and they said they didn’t. I ended contacting Rails Playground and was impressed with their VPS option, which will ultimately allow us to grow into a dedicated solution. Plus, as I mentioned in my post their support is INCREDIBLE. I can guarantee there are very few hosts that understand Rails like these guys do.

   I hope this helps.

   Regards,
   Dennis