Stop Checking admin?: Designing Authorization That Won’t Become Technical Debt (Kaigi on Rails 2025)

1. 1Implement role-based access control using gems like Pundit or CanCan
2. 2Use a permission-based system to define access levels for users
3. 3Configure authorization rules using a centralized policy management system
4. 4Test and validate authorization rules to prevent technical debt
5. 5Refactor existing code to use a more scalable and maintainable authorization approach

Developers and engineers building Rails applications can benefit from this knowledge to improve their application's security and maintainability

💡 Role-based access control and permission-based systems can help prevent technical debt in authorization

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