The document discusses different eras of software deployment: 1. The shared hosting era involved editing files, uploading, and refreshing the browser frequently with many issues. 2. The dedicated server era used Linux distros like Debian and involved more command line work like sudo and vim but still had restart issues. 3. The cloud era saw the rise of tools like Capistrano, Vlad, and Mina to automate deployments but restarts were still an issue. 4. No matter the era, issues with daemons not persisting through restarts and bugs were common. Solutions like init scripts, Passenger, and systemd helped but Runit provides even better service supervision and restart capabilities when