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ROM

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Ruby Object Mapper, a data-mapper-style persistence library and alternative to Active Record. Reform 3 can use ROM as its persistence backend: validated form data can be pushed through a ROM adapter which produces a change set, freeing applications from Active Record.

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library
talk Event-Driven Rails Discussion Panel
about
ROM tool
Panel agrees ROM suffers the same 'entangled worm' problem as Active Record when used for business logic.
takeaway ORMs Entangle Business Logic
about
ROM tool
Panel notes ROM inherits the same problems despite marketing.
tool Reform
uses
ROM tool
Reform 3 can persist through a ROM adapter to produce change sets instead of using Active Record.

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10 Things You Never Wanted To Know About Reform 3 — Nick ... 2026-04-17 21:51
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