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Rails auto generates very little these days unless you ask for it.

• jeremy_k 8y ago
  To note: been working on Rails for 6+ years. I was reading the parent comment and some of the other comments about the mental model of a beginner. I suppose if you're first exposed to Rails and start using 'scaffold' it can generate a ton of code you'll need to grok. But once you understand the nuances of writing Rails its much faster and cleaner to just create files and go about your business. There is only 1 thing I ask Rails to generate for me and its database migrations; it handles adding the timestamp and placing it as the end of the folder, thats not something I care to think about myself.
• ndnxhs 8y ago
  I very much appreciate the code generation. I hate having to make repetitive changes in 4 places to add a new file because nothing is wired up automatically.
  • tombert 8y ago
    But why should there be 4 places to change things to begin with? Why not use libraries to minimize the amount of surface-area entirely?