I like the idea of layered frameworks. For Ruby, there's Innate, a light-weight framework, and on top of that is built Ramaze, a more developed framework (thou

I like the idea of layered frameworks. For Ruby, there's Innate, a light-weight framework, and on top of that is built Ramaze, a more developed framework (though still comparatively light). Likewise there is Sinatra, and on top of that was built Padrino. And both Innate and Sinatra are built on top of Rack. So if you don't care for the direction or feel of a framework you can pop down the layers once or twice and build something you like without having to start completely from scratch.