TIL custom order with .in_order_of

Sometimes you need a custom, semantic order for things, usually statuses, types. Oftentimes this is achieved with an SQL CASE statement:

sql = <<~SQL CASE WHEN status = 'active' THEN 0 WHEN status = 'draft' THEN 1 ELSE 99 END SQL order(sql, :id) 

Since at least Rails 7.1 there's a better way - in_order_of!

in_order_of(:status, [:active, :draft], filter: false).order(:id) 

Interestingly, v7.1 guide does not list this method at all, but it's available in edge guide.

Small caveat emptor - the filter: false option does not seem to be available in v7.1 yet.