# Hulu.com on Rails **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [November 14, 2007, 4:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hulu-com-on-rails/120148 "2007-11-14T04:55:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 4:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hulu-com-on-rails/120148/1 "2007-11-14T04:55:12Z")
Just an FYI since i know this list likes knowing about some higher volume websites running Rails. Looks like the new video initiative with NBC/FOX called Hulu ([www.hulu.com](http://www.hulu.com)) is running on rails with nginx. Cheers Adam ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hulu-com-on-rails/120148/2 "2007-11-14T05:06:18Z")
Trivia fact: It’s using Merb on the backend. 🙂 –Jeremy On Nov 13, 2007 10:54 PM, [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Just an FYI since i know this list likes knowing about some higher volume > websites running Rails. Looks like the new video initiative with NBC/FOX > called Hulu ([www.hulu.com](http://www.hulu.com)) is running on rails with nginx. > > Cheers > Adam > > > – [http://www.jeremymcanally.com/](http://www.jeremymcanally.com/) My books: Ruby in Practice > **[Ruby in Practice](https://www.manning.com/books/ruby-in-practice)** > > Like Ruby itself, Ruby in Practice will make you more productive. The book shows you practical techniques and strategies for small projects and large-scale environments. A cookbook-style reference, it gives you concrete examples of systems... My free Ruby e-book > **[Site not found · DreamHost](http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/)** > > The owner of this domain has not yet uploaded their website. My blogs: > **[Site not found · DreamHost](http://www.mrneighborly.com/)** > > The owner of this domain has not yet uploaded their website. [http://www.rubyinpractice.com/](http://www.rubyinpractice.com/) ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hulu-com-on-rails/120148/3 "2007-11-14T15:27:07Z")
interesting, what is MERB ? ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hulu-com-on-rails/120148/4 "2007-11-14T15:40:35Z")
Another Ruby based framework written by Ezra Z. (from EngineYard and a number of other Ruby projects) and a team of developers. Find out a little more here: [http://www.merbivore.com/](http://www.merbivore.com/) –Jeremy On Nov 14, 2007 9:25 AM, AD [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Adam > > > Ruby in Practice > > > – [http://www.jeremymcanally.com/](http://www.jeremymcanally.com/) My books: Ruby in Practice > **[Ruby in Practice](https://www.manning.com/books/ruby-in-practice)** > > Like Ruby itself, Ruby in Practice will make you more productive. The book shows you practical techniques and strategies for small projects and large-scale environments. A cookbook-style reference, it gives you concrete examples of systems... My free Ruby e-book > **[Site not found · DreamHost](http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/)** > > The owner of this domain has not yet uploaded their website. My blogs: > **[Site not found · DreamHost](http://www.mrneighborly.com/)** > > The owner of this domain has not yet uploaded their website. [http://www.rubyinpractice.com/](http://www.rubyinpractice.com/) ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hulu-com-on-rails/120148/5 "2007-11-14T15:56:22Z")
On Nov 13, 2007 11:05 PM, Jeremy McAnally [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Trivia fact: It’s using Merb on the backend. 🙂 So, nginx ↔ rails ↔ merb, or no rails at all? I ask, because at work we were planning on maybe doing the former, to use merb to offload long running tasks onto a ticket-based resource. ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hulu-com-on-rails/120148/6 "2007-11-14T17:33:44Z")
interesting so its a slim-down rails like framework that only uses the components you need instead of embedding them in the actual framework… ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hulu-com-on-rails/120148/7 "2007-11-14T16:01:40Z")
I’m not entirely sure; you could ask Ezra in the Merb IRC channel (#merb). He was involved getting it setup I think. –Jeremy On Nov 14, 2007 9:55 AM, Jordi B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > ``` > Jordi > > ``` – [http://www.jeremymcanally.com/](http://www.jeremymcanally.com/) My books: Ruby in Practice > **[Ruby in Practice](https://www.manning.com/books/ruby-in-practice)** > > Like Ruby itself, Ruby in Practice will make you more productive. The book shows you practical techniques and strategies for small projects and large-scale environments. A cookbook-style reference, it gives you concrete examples of systems... My free Ruby e-book > **[Site not found · DreamHost](http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/)** > > The owner of this domain has not yet uploaded their website. My blogs: > **[Site not found · DreamHost](http://www.mrneighborly.com/)** > > The owner of this domain has not yet uploaded their website. [http://www.rubyinpractice.com/](http://www.rubyinpractice.com/) ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hulu-com-on-rails/120148/8 "2007-11-14T17:47:48Z")
Yup, basically. There’s a Merb IRC channel (#merb) and mailing list if you’re interested in more. I don’t want to clog up the Rails list with all this Merb chatter. 🙂 –Jeremy On Nov 14, 2007 11:32 AM, AD [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > EngineYard and a number of other Ruby projects) and a team of > > > > > interesting, what is MERB ? > > > > > > > > Adam > > > > > Ruby in Practice > > > > [http://www.jeremymcanally.com/](http://www.jeremymcanally.com/) > > [http://www.rubyinpractice.com/](http://www.rubyinpractice.com/) > > > > > > – [http://www.jeremymcanally.com/](http://www.jeremymcanally.com/) My books: Ruby in Practice > **[Ruby in Practice](https://www.manning.com/books/ruby-in-practice)** > > Like Ruby itself, Ruby in Practice will make you more productive. The book shows you practical techniques and strategies for small projects and large-scale environments. A cookbook-style reference, it gives you concrete examples of systems... My free Ruby e-book > **[Site not found · DreamHost](http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/)** > > The owner of this domain has not yet uploaded their website. My blogs: > **[Site not found · DreamHost](http://www.mrneighborly.com/)** > > The owner of this domain has not yet uploaded their website. [http://www.rubyinpractice.com/](http://www.rubyinpractice.com/) ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hulu-com-on-rails/120148/9 "2008-04-24T20:15:01Z")
So, as I remember starting this thread, I found a techcrunch article (and apparently confirmed by a hulu developer) that it is indeed built on Ruby on Rail and not Merb. Just thought I would help clarify, link below, one of the bullets says “Hulu is built on Ruby on Rails” > **[Hulu Discusses Private Beta, Suggests Public Launch Time Frame](https://techcrunch.com/2008/01/24/hulu-discusses-private-beta-suggests-public-launch-time-frame/)** > > Update: Hulu has provided 2,000 more invites for our readers. Get yours here. I had the chance yesterday to sit down with Eric Feng, the CTO of Hulu, to discuss how things have gone during its private beta and where the service is heading in 2008.... Adam On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 12:05 AM, Jeremy McAnally [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)