MVProc FastCGI is a Model-View-Controller platform that uses MySQL stored procedures as the Controller element. It's based on the stable Apache module MVProc, and all functionality has been tested (and load tested), so it may be "Production Ready" even though it hasn't been implemented in a production environment as yet. Benchmarking indicates it's "nearly as fast" on lighttpd as the MVProc Apache module, though a truly thorough benchmarking with a variety of servers and web applications...
Sql2xml is a perl cgi program that will help user or developer to request sql database query and convert to json, csv, xml or ini format through a web server. A single sql2xml support request from multiple user and multiple database
A mod_perl-based RPC API designed for ease of setup, ease of extension, and rapid development.
Using Presto, you can develop a robust, fully "web-2.0" web application in a day or two.
Oh and it scales.
Take that, Ruby on Rails.