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by David Anderson.
Original Post: Enhancements to Railroad
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A picture is worth a thousand words, and is certainly easier to talk about than reading a bunch of code. At least for me.
On a recent Rails project two dozen models and sixty associations were needed to drive the application. A medium sized effort. However, it's tough to talk users through the complexity when the need arises, even when you're just dealing with a small chunk. After drawing