What is a key difference between "includes" and simply calling "joins" for solving N+1 problems?

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They are functionally identical always

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joins always solves N+1, includes never does

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includes is designed for eager loading associations to avoid N+1, while joins is mainly for filtering with SQL joins without necessarily loading associations

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joins loads full objects while includes does not query at all

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includes cannot be combined with where clauses

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