Use deep_pluck as a shortcut to select one or more attributes and include associated models without loading a bunch of records. And DRY up your code when using #as_json.

Pluck multiple columns/attributes and return array of hashes. Support Rails 3, 4, 5. If you have a Rails 3 project, and want to pluck not only one column, feel free to use this gem and no need to worry about upgrading to Rails 4, 5 in the future will break this.

An ActiveRecord extension for writing commonly useful atomic SQL statements to avoid race condition.

Extend attribute_alias and make it be adaptive with realtime database schema