@obie: Guard-rails. It’s staring us in the face and I love that people are finally starting to put it together that this is ou…
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The tweet discusses how AI can embody the Rails philosophy by eliminating unnecessary coding, highlighting the value of not writing code that isn't needed.
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Guard-rails. It’s staring us in the face and I love that people are finally starting to put it together that this is our moment. Keep your eyes on the ball, everyone!
#railsworld
Tom Rossi (@tomrossi7): If AI lets us stop writing code we don’t need to write, that isn’t abandoning the Rails philosophy. It may be the most Rails thing imaginable.
Rails has always been about “look what I’m NOT doing.”
Not writing SQL. Not reinventing the wheel. Not building anything unnecessary.
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