Rails populate script

populate.rb

namespace :db do
  desc 'Populate test data'
  task :populate => ['db:reset'] do

    populate 'users' do
      ['john', 'jane'].each do |name|
        Fabricate(:user, email: name+'@example.com')
      end
    end

    populate 'posts' do
      3.times { Fabricate(:post) }
    end
  end

  def populate(name, &block)
    print "Populating #{name}... "
    yield
    puts 'done'
  end
end