It's a direct reference to a blog post from 6 years ago that was widely discussed in the early days of rails: http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2006/10/18/skinny-con

It's a direct reference to a blog post from 6 years ago that was widely discussed in the early days of rails: http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2006/10/18/skinny-controller-fat-model http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2006/10/18/skinny-controller-fat... This is the first I've heard anyone interpret "Model" in the context of software as pertaining to sex, gender, etc.