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January 7, 2026
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6 min read

Mastering CMDx Fundamentals: Tasks, Context, Execution, and Chains

When I first started building CMDx, I focused obsessively on four concepts: tasks, context, execution, and chains. These aren't just implementation details—they're the mental model that makes everything else click. Once you understand how they work together, you'll write cleaner business logic and debug issues faster.

Let me walk you through each piece, building from a simple task to a fully orchestrated task.

January 1, 2026
in Tutorials
4 min read

Getting Started with CMDx: Taming Business Logic in Ruby

I've spent years wrestling with service objects. You know the pattern—create a class, throw some business logic in a call method, cross your fingers, and hope for the best. The problem? Every team member writes them differently. Every project invents its own conventions. And when something breaks at 2 AM, good luck tracing what actually happened.

That frustration led me to create CMDx.