Disable ActiveRecord callbacks

gistfile1.rb

class SomeModel
  after_save :queue_a_task, unless: lambda { !!@callbacks_disabled }

  def do_something_without_queuing_a_task
    disable_callbacks!
    do_something_that_triggers_callbacks
    enable_callbacks!
  end

  private

  def disable_callbacks!
    @callbacks_disabled = true
  end

  def enable_callbacks!
    @callbacks_disabled = true
  end
end