Each year since its inception we’ve sponsored the Rails Rumble by offering comped Cashboard accounts for each member of the winning teams. This year is no different as we’re providing free DYNAMIC accounts for all winners.

The Rumble is getting ready to kick off this weekend, with over 200 teams competing for top prizes from many different companies.

If you’re not familiar with the Rails Rumble, here’s a primer

The Rails Rumble is a 48 hour web application development competition. As a contestant, your team gets one weekend to design, develop, and deploy the best web property that you can, using the awesome power of Ruby and Rails.

As a judge, you get to review some fun new micro applications and help determine which teams fare best in a number of categories. Along the way, you might discover a new service that’s really useful or fun.

Oh yeah, and there are prizes too. For both contestants and judges. Sounds great, eh?

There have been many excellent entries in the past, some going on to become full fledged commercial services. If I were starting a new app this would be a great way to get some press for it, especially with the attention the event is getting from the business world.

I’m excited to see what this year’s contestants come up with.