Keep Your ActiveRecord Models Manageable The Rails Way
Luismi Cavallé • June 07, 2013 • Singapore

Rails is awesome! It makes it very easy and enjoyable to start a new project. However, as your application grows, you will eventually have to come off the Rails or your codebase will become completely unmanageable. Everyone knows that.

You'll need presenters and a service layer, including role and use-case objects. DCI will be great too or, alternatively, you can go Hexagonal. After all, the web is just a delivery mechanism, the database is a mere persistence strategy and, of course, Rails is a detail.

But… Wait a minute! Is that really true? Does the _Rails way_ no longer work when your application becomes large? How is it, then, that Rails claims to be “optimised for sustainable productivity”?

In this talk, we'll revisit the patterns and conventions that Rails encourages. We'll push them to the limit and see how the maintainers of large Rails applications keep their models manageable without needing to derail. We'll also discuss the trade-offs of being on and off the Rails. And, maybe, you'll finally learn how to stop worrying and love the Rails way!

Red Dot Ruby Conference 2013