Sqlite was used as default for local dev/testing, in production you were setting it to mysql. Fantastic setup with activerecord that made tests very fast. Peop

Sqlite was used as default for local dev/testing, in production you were setting it to mysql. Fantastic setup with activerecord that made tests very fast. People were buying macbooks just to use textmate + rails because it was so good compared to alternatives at that time. In Europe at least textmate + rails were responsible for more new apple devs than anything else; before that it was unheard of/ultra niche platform nobody was using.