ruby on rails – What’s wrong with “magic”? – Stack Overflow

September 14, 2025

Magic often really means “using embedded assumptions to optimize performance or syntax”. Of course, in well-documented code those assumptions are mentioned as explicit constraints. Sometimes magic is wonderful, since it really cuts down on what you have to write or dramatically improves speed.

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