The hosting issue still seems to be the big risk with using Rails for a startup -- hosting a Rails app seems to require a lot more sysadmin-like knowhow than some of the most established environments that have essentially become standard and one-size-fits-all features on most hosts.
Joyent seems to be one of the leaders in the game.. do any of you use them and have comments to share?
I'm using TextDrive/Joyent, and I'd like to believe Accelerators will solve some scaling issues. I haven't launched to really know yet though. The support has been excellent, and the resources available online are good.
Joyent seems to be one of the leaders in the game.. do any of you use them and have comments to share?