Additionally, I find that the key problem with bloated models stems from missing domain models (often has-many-through models). Not from moving the logic of the existing models into more noun classes.

When I first started learning Rails 4 years ago, I watched a video of a talk you gave where you refactored a kludgy piece of code to use an additional resource/model. The code unraveled before our eyes.

I still remember that as a Neo moment.