Also to clarify (and yes I also work at Pagoda Box on the Nanobox project), this service was initially intended to provide push capabilities for rails and other

Also to clarify (and yes I also work at Pagoda Box on the Nanobox project), this service was initially intended to provide push capabilities for rails and other web frameworks that can't natively provide a push socket layer. It has successfully filled that niche and has expanded to fill other needs as well.