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I wish Rails had a way to use less features. API mode is great, but when I'm writing a GraphQL API for instance, I don't use controllers, I don't use views, I d

I wish Rails had a way to use less features. API mode is great, but when I'm writing a GraphQL API for instance, I don't use controllers, I don't use views, I don't really use routing. I do use the excellently integrated ORM, database migrations, auth libraries (mostly devise), config environments, deployment options and CLI interface. I could just delete the folders, but that's not the point. Rails is sitting on an amazing foundation but there's only one possible house that you can build.

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mullsork 7y ago
You can opt out of loading the library code for views/mailers/etc. Not sure if there's a way to skip the routing layer though. I'm sure you're aware of that already but just in case, you can skip loading the entire framework.
- ewalk153 7y ago
  Use a Sinatra app and include ActiveRecord. There are a few gotchas like making sure to clear connections at the end of requests. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41400202/replacing-activerecordconnectionadaptersconnectionmanagement-in-activerecord https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41400202/replacing-activ... I’d love to see more examples of picking pieces of rails and combining with other libraries.
  - _hardwaregeek 7y ago
    The only concern I have is that because AR isn't designed as a separate gem, there's no guarantees about breaking changes. But I suppose that's unlikely.
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timdorr 7y ago
When you use `rails new`, there are a bunch of `--skip-*` flags to turn off various features of the framework: https://gist.github.com/aklap/ee4bb619a77b80bf0c934a9948dc49a2#file-rails_new_output-txt https://gist.github.com/aklap/ee4bb619a77b80bf0c934a9948dc49... Those carry through to the boot process and never even get loaded into memory: https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/application.rb.tt#L10-L19 https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/railties/lib/rail...

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mullsork 7y ago

You can opt out of loading the library code for views/mailers/etc. Not sure if there's a way to skip the routing layer though. I'm sure you're aware of that already but just in case, you can skip loading the entire framework.

ewalk153 7y ago
Use a Sinatra app and include ActiveRecord. There are a few gotchas like making sure to clear connections at the end of requests. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41400202/replacing-activerecordconnectionadaptersconnectionmanagement-in-activerecord https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41400202/replacing-activ... I’d love to see more examples of picking pieces of rails and combining with other libraries.
- _hardwaregeek 7y ago
  The only concern I have is that because AR isn't designed as a separate gem, there's no guarantees about breaking changes. But I suppose that's unlikely.

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timdorr 7y ago

When you use `rails new`, there are a bunch of `--skip-*` flags to turn off various features of the framework: https://gist.github.com/aklap/ee4bb619a77b80bf0c934a9948dc49a2#file-rails_new_output-txt https://gist.github.com/aklap/ee4bb619a77b80bf0c934a9948dc49... Those carry through to the boot process and never even get loaded into memory: https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/application.rb.tt#L10-L19 https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/railties/lib/rail...