Monkey patching is bad software engineering, but it happens because it also works in many cases, and because it's fast. The fork and fix approach is a pretty h

Monkey patching is bad software engineering, but it happens because it also works in many cases, and because it's fast. The fork and fix approach is a pretty heavy weight solution to an often trivial problem. Just because git (and lets face it, ruby and git go hand in hand) lets you branch to your heart's content, doesn't mean you should.