Ruby pluck() wrapper to return key:value hash

application_record.rb

# app/models/application_record.rb
class ApplicationRecord < ActiveRecord::Base
  self.abstract_class = true
  
  # explanatory == short
  
  # explanatory
  def self.pluck_to_hash_expl(*column_names)
    pluck(*column_names).map do |column_values|
      column_names.zip(column_values).reduce({}) do |hash, value|
        hash.merge(value[0].to_sym => value[1])
      end
    end
  end
  
  # short
  def self.pluck_to_hash(*column_names)
    pluck(*column_names).map { |p| column_names.zip(p).to_h }
  end
end