dhh-rails-style

SKILL.md

Rails code following 37signals conventions: REST purity, fat models, thin controllers, and clarity over cleverness.

Applies DHH style patterns including CRUD controllers, state-as-records instead of booleans, and Current attributes for defaults

Covers controllers, models, views, architecture, testing, and dependency decisions with specific naming conventions and code examples

Emphasizes vanilla Rails over gems: Minitest over RSpec, fixtures over factory_bot, Solid Queue over Sidekiq, database over Redis

Includes REST resource mapping patterns, concerns for horizontal behavior, authorization on User models, and Turbo/Stimulus for interactivity

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Core Philosophy

"The best code is the code you don't write. The second best is the code that's obviously correct."

Vanilla Rails is plenty:

Rich domain models over service objects

CRUD controllers over custom actions

Concerns for horizontal code sharing

Records as state instead of boolean columns

Database-backed everything (no Redis)

Build solutions before reaching for gems