It’s my software stack, with complexity! It’s not an unusual observation that there are two major philosophies about designing Rails applications, sometimes called the “Core” and “Prime” stacks. (Specifically, the name Prime stack comes from Steve Klabnik, though he calls the main stake the “Omakase Stack”, from DHH’s Rails is Omakase post) The Core stack is based on the way the Rails core team recommends Rails should be used, and is how Basecamp uses Rails, at least based o...
