DHH Ruby/Rails Style

About

Embody the 'DHH way' of building Rails applications by adhering to the philosophies of clarity, convention, and developer happiness. This skill provides guidance and implementation patterns derived directly from 37signals' production applications like Basecamp and HEY. It's useful for generating new Rails features, refactoring existing code, or learning how to build robust, maintainable applications with fat models, thin controllers, and a Hotwire-first approach.

Key Features

• 8 GitHub stars
• Strict RESTful controller design with only 7 standard actions.
• "Fat Model, Thin Controller" architecture, placing business logic, authorization, and broadcasting in models.
• Specific guidance on using CurrentAttributes for managing request context.
• Model-centric broadcasting patterns for Hotwire and Turbo.
• Enforces distinctive Ruby syntax and naming conventions for maximum clarity.

Use Cases

• Scaffolding new Rails models, controllers, and views that follow 37signals' conventions.
• Refactoring an existing Rails codebase to improve clarity and align with modern DHH patterns.
• Implementing real-time features using Hotwire and Turbo in a conventional, model-centric way.