# Penny Arcade runs on RoR

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/penny-arcade-runs-on-ror/47888>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 14, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/penny-arcade-runs-on-ror/47888 "2005-11-14T22:17:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![farrel.lifson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@farrel.lifson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/farrel.lifson)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/penny-arcade-runs-on-ror/47888/1 "2005-11-14T22:17:23Z")

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Penny Arcade one of the most, if not the most, popular webcomics in  
existence have switched over to Rails. As gabe says on their site:

“Penny Arcade right now represents the largest implementation of  
rails” on the intertron. I went and looked at a website about rails  
and then I got a headache. From what I gathered it’s either some kind  
of cutting edge programming language, or a way to liquefy a man’s  
brain inside his skull. I’m told that it means the site looks better  
and loads faster regardless of whatever hippy web browser you decide  
to use. "

That’s pretty neat.

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**Author:** ![farrel.lifson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@farrel.lifson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/farrel.lifson)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/penny-arcade-runs-on-ror/47888/2 "2005-11-14T22:50:27Z")

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Farrel L. wrote:

> That’s pretty neat.

Do you have a link to the note? I took a quick look around and did some  
Google  
searching but nothing turned up.

Thanks,  
Blair

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**Author:** ![farrel.lifson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@farrel.lifson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/farrel.lifson)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/penny-arcade-runs-on-ror/47888/3 "2005-11-14T22:53:28Z")

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On 14 Nov 2005, at 21:49, Blair Z. wrote:

> Do you have a link to the note? I took a quick look around and did  
> some Google searching but nothing turned up.

[http://www.penny-arcade.com/2005/11/14](http://www.penny-arcade.com/2005/11/14) near the bottom of the page  
(search for rails).

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**Author:** ![farrel.lifson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@farrel.lifson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/farrel.lifson)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/penny-arcade-runs-on-ror/47888/4 "2005-11-14T23:05:29Z")

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- Simon Willison [2005-11-14 16:51]:

> On 14 Nov 2005, at 21:49, Blair Z. wrote:
> 
> > Do you have a link to the note? I took a quick look around and did  
> > some Google searching but nothing turned up.
> 
> [http://www.penny-arcade.com/2005/11/14](http://www.penny-arcade.com/2005/11/14) near the bottom of the page  
> (search for rails).

Apparently it’s running behind

Server: kitchen\_sink 2.0/'yo-mama 3.0/FreeBSD 6.0/PostgreSQL 8.1

Maybe we can get that setup on the wiki? 😜

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