Okay, I've been experimenting with one of my apps, which doens't need data persistence between environment loads and only has a very small dataset.
I've managed to replace ActiveRecord in all of my models, I've even removed my db directory, and it has sped up the app ten-fold. However, there's a couple of parts I can't seem to get rid of...
- The rake tasks which refer to db (
rake db:migrate
etc.) - the activerecord gem (which is loaded by bundler as a dependency to rails)
Also is there any more fat I can trim from my app now I'm not using any AR?