On: Dear Zed, please throw the bikeshedders a bone

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The documentation that is there on the site is absolutely excellent - first there is a document that can get you a running server within a few minutes:

http://mongrel2.org/wiki?name=GettingStarted

Then there's a complete manual which takes probably half an hour to read but is worth every character of it:

http://mongrel2.org/doc/tip/docs/manual/book.wiki