I do recall when capistrano became a thing (it was called switch tower but had to change for trademark reasons if I recall). Prior to that, most folks working w

I do recall when capistrano became a thing (it was called switch tower but had to change for trademark reasons if I recall). Prior to that, most folks working with Rails in production were using ant. I wouldn't be surprised if there were other ways as well back then, given it was early days.