The document discusses routes.rb in Rails applications. It notes that some developers find routes.rb confusing and messy. The document then analyzes some potential issues with routes.rb, including that the resources method is not very intuitive and that Rails routing is not fully convention over configuration. It also discusses prior work like Conventional Routes and Astaire that aimed to simplify routing. The document considers keeping the basic seven controller actions but making match routes optional. It concludes that using resources is generally better for making routes.rb simpler and more RESTful.