# Keynote: Rails Way or the highway

- URL: https://evilmartians.com/events/keynote-rails-way-or-the-highway-kaigi-on-rails-2024
- Date: 2024-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Conference: Kaigi on Rails, 2024
- City: Tokyo, Japan
- Speakers: Vladimir Dementyev
- Event website: https://kaigionrails.org/2024/
- Video: https://youtu.be/ZUtRyHeLq4M
- Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/player/ce11ed892bda4717b96f12d064865a4a

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Rails Way is a software development paradigm that implies sticking to the framework architectural defaults as much as possible. Everyone starts with the Rails Way, but how far can you get without derailing from it? Let's talk about the Rails Way core principles, how they evolved over time, and how you can embrace and enhanced it using the layered design techniques.