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Ruby & Rails

Notes on Rails internals, patterns, and how they relate to systems like Astra (convention, actor-like isolation, clear boundaries).

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Philosophy Convention over configuration vs explicit kernels
Active Record ORM patterns and performance
Hotwire Turbo/Stimulus vs API-first agents

I've shipped Rails since the late 2000s. The framework's best idea — shared culture as contract — still shapes how I draw boundaries between kernel, services, and apps.