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@context What's the difference between ActiveRecord and ActiveModel? The engineers keep talking about it.
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ActiveRecord = talks to the database (User.find, User.save)
ActiveModel = validation/form stuff without database

In your codebase, User uses ActiveRecord (stored in DB), but ContactForm uses ActiveModel (never saved, just validated).
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