do I mount rack apps in Rails (3.1) for faster APIs?

Hey,

I'm not sure I fully appreciate the best use(s) for Rack apps (e.g., Sinatra apps) in a Rails (3.1) application...

Scenario: I have in mind a bunch of RESTful controller actions linked to models -- all for providing an API.

Approach 1: handle each resource from its own mounted Rack app:

+ 'Rails 3 in Action' advises mounted rack apps for Rails APIs because they are *faster* + If I ever decide to split out the resources into their own individual rack apps, I will have the rack server code and associated tests already written

Approach 2: ignore the mounted app approach and separate out common controller behavior into an ActionController mixin and associated tests and configure for each resource

+ I've done this before, so I know it works, and won't take as much time as Approach 1, which will be new to me

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Lille