I really like this technique. I've used it in a number of places, and it really does give great performance. My usage has never been as clean looking as this

I really like this technique. I've used it in a number of places, and it really does give great performance. My usage has never been as clean looking as this though. It's always been a bit surprising that Rails doesn't use the multi_get caching calls very much. These can be key to getting great results.