Keyword Args — the killer Ruby feature you aren't using
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Ruby 2.0 and 2.3 keyword arguments make functions strictly more flexible than positional args, letting optional params be passed out of order, default values refer to earlier kwargs, and hashes splat into kwargs; that enables dependency injection and loose coupling in controllers (headers and stripes options added without changing callers). A discovered pattern, the Context Funnel using **kwargs passthrough, lets deep view code receive new options without rewriting intermediates, and it works in real rendering and SQL-building examples.
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