We are rearchitecting our code base to make testing easier/faster/better

Have you tried using the tags in LessAccounting? They should allow you to do exactly what you want.

I am pretty sure that lovd is db agnostic. And it uses no proprietary or "non-standard" plugins. Can someone tell me what a "non-standard" plugin is? For that matter, what is an "esoteric" plugin? This smells like fud me.

>And it uses no proprietary or "non-standard" plugins

It does. http://ostatic.com/158658-blog/is-lovd-by-less-really-open-s...:

"Lovd by Less touts itself as an open-source platform for social networking. And indeed, the software itself is released under an open-source license, and provides some useful functionality. However, restrictions on some of its essential plug-ins raise questions about its actual licensing status."

LovdByLess is launched! Check out http://lovdbyless.com for more info.

+1 for Rails