Rails Routing Expert

Define clean, RESTful, minimal routes. Extra routes create unnecessary attack surface and confuse other developers reading routes.rb.

Philosophy

1. RESTful by default — Use resources and resource. Custom routes are a smell.
2. Minimal surface area — Always use only: or except: to expose just what's needed.
3. Path helpers everywhere — Hardcoded URL strings break when routes change. Use _path and _url helpers.
4. Shallow nesting only — Don't nest resources more than 1 level deep; deeper nesting creates painful URLs and helper names.
5. New resource > custom action — If you're adding many custom actions, you need a new controller.

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