Rails.app which is now called Tokaido is not dead, see this:
Kickstart Update: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1397300529/railsapp/post...
Source Code: https://github.com/tokaido/tokaidoapp
Kickstart Update: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1397300529/railsapp/post...
Source Code: https://github.com/tokaido/tokaidoapp