Zed Shaw uses state machines in Mongrel2 to handle connections. http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1278464593.html http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1278464593.html

Zed Shaw uses state machines in Mongrel2 to handle connections. http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1278464593.html http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1278464593.html Here's the image of the state machine: http://sheddingbikes.com/mongrel2_state.png http://sheddingbikes.com/mongrel2_state.png Now imagine having something like that (say a prettier version of that chart) for web interactions with your complex web app.