10 things you should know about method_missing Posted by amy on August 01, 2007 [update, 9:27 a.m., 8/1/2007: welcome, reddit readers. annoyed at me for calling this post “10 things”? Well, then you’ll really hate me after reading this post!] 1. method_missing is a Ruby kernel method and everyone should know about it. 2. Rails implements some of its funkiest magic with method_missing. When you