I think this is a better suggestion: https://github.com/rumblelabs/asset_sync
It uploads all your assets to S3 during pre-compile. It keeps ALL of the asset loading logic off your application.
Also, it uploads .gz versions of all assets.
It uploads all your assets to S3 during pre-compile. It keeps ALL of the asset loading logic off your application.
Also, it uploads .gz versions of all assets.
You can use your app as a root origin for your assets, and then use something like CloudFront to offload most of the work.