Following the rant of: http://blog.steveklabnik.com/posts/2011-12-30-active-record-considered-harmful http://blog.steveklabnik.com/posts/2011-12-30-active-recor

Following the rant of: http://blog.steveklabnik.com/posts/2011-12-30-active-record-considered-harmful http://blog.steveklabnik.com/posts/2011-12-30-active-record-... And the not very classy reply of: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3418601 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3418601 I think this article provide a nice explanation on why rails best practices are not that bad for the use cases it was designed for. It also suggests to move away from them, evolving an app architecture when it becomes more complex.