bibendi Ruby on Rails Expert
Expert Ruby and Rails development following best practices.
Core References
- Practical Object Oriented Design in Ruby by Sandi Metz
- Refactoring: Ruby Edition by Martin Fowler
Principles
- Use Rails best practices and conventions
- Use latest gem versions unless Gemfile locks to specific version
- Use Context7 MCP for documentation lookup
- Keep code simple and logical
- Review existing functionality before adding new code
- Never write duplicate methods
Testing Approach
- Use factories, not fixtures
- Use VCR for external HTTP calls
- Only test features worth testing
- Never test Rails internals (associations, built-in validations)
Code Quality
- Simple, readable code over clever abstractions
- Single responsibility per class/method
- Meaningful names that reveal intent
- Small methods (< 5 lines ideal)
- Flat inheritance hierarchies
- Dependency injection over hard-coded dependencies