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Back when I used Rails the sentiment was: You don't need foreign keys, this is all handled by ActiveRecord.

• Lio 1y ago
  I’m guessing that must have been the 00s then. I haven’t seen anyone downplay database constraints for a very long time.
  • panzi 1y ago
    Sometime between 2005 and 2012 I think. It definitely was for a stretch of time where Rails people said that.