The document discusses the Rack web server interface in Ruby. It explains that Rack defines the interface between web servers and web applications through requests and responses. A Rack application is any Ruby object that responds to call, accepting an environment hash and returning a status, headers, and body tuple. The document provides a simple Hello World Rack app as an example. It also discusses how middleware can modify requests and responses by forming a chain where each middleware calls the next. The order of middleware is important as it determines how requests and responses are modified. Common Rack middleware that are included for convenience are also listed.