Rails has a neat template feature that lets you customise newly created rails apps. There is also the thoughbot suspenders gem that gives a very opinionated set of configuration options for new rails projects.
However, I want my own (much smaller) set of opinionated options
Writing an application really is the start of your problems! Once in production, you need to monitor and maintain it, ensure that it stays secure and fix bugs.
Everyone knows that as professional developers, we spend most of our time googling stuff and checking stack overflow.
When I’m writing or collaborating on a gem, I like to use a couple of useful lint tools every now and then. These are good for finding code smells, untested code or hinky syntax.
You can specify various different constraints in your Gemfiles when requiring other gems:
