Fluent Refactoring

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Refactors a gnarly 50‑line controller action pulled from an 800‑line Rails controller into a call object, a replace method with method object move that uses a temporary method_missing/delegate hack, many small extracted helpers, a responder pattern split into ajax/html variants via replace conditional with polymorphism, and focused guard‑clause and flattened‑condition changes. Tests shrink from about 30s→0.5s. Result is a much smaller, readable core method, duplicated branches moved to responders, and behavior preserved and verifiable by fast tests.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 4:03Language Hunters
3. 12:39Replace Method with Method Object
4. 17:01Flattened Nested Conditionals
5. 23:29The Single Responsibility Principle
6. 26:31Replaced Conditional with Polymorphism
7. 29:41Embrace Duplication
8. 31:16Perspective on Code Matters
9. 32:34Practical Object Oriented Design
10. 34:08Characterization Tests

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