There is nothing in the post to indicate that the InheritedResources gem is any more state of the art than standard scaffold controllers (which very few if any users leave without modifications, contrary to the implication of the article). It does seem to be replacing some implementation details with magic in the pursuit of DRY, which is left unmentioned and invisible in the post, but I don't see what advantage this has over the common technique of using a before_filter that sets up commonly used variables and such.<p>The fact that the author uses dateless posts and comments (SEO) does not add to its credibility for me, but user-hostile design sticks out like a sore thumb for me so that could just be my own peccadillo.