So you want to be a Rails superstar? To live large, big servers, requesting tars. Writing code all over the world, gotta make commits constantly. Great, I feel the same way.

Assuming you have already had that “I should just learn Rails” moment, the idea of writing an API for a super awesome application might be on the horizon. And, of course, the framework that makes the most sense is Ruby on Rails. Given that is the direction things might naturally evolve, creating an API with Rails can gloss over a few crucial design concepts and considerations.