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thoughtbot is a certified Prismic partner

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After using Prismic on our site, and recommending it to our clients, we are proud to announce our certification as a Prismic Partner. This blog talks about strengths we bring to complex Prismic sites, and the benefits their tool has provided our team.

on Tue, 4PM

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Why UX is more important than UI

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“I want to make it pop!”, but not at the expense of your customer experience. Here’s why.

on Mon, 9PM

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453: The Bike Shed Wrapped 2024

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Recap 2024 with Joël and Stephanie as they reminisce over their favourite moments of 2024.

on Dec 31

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The digital nomad thoughtbottle

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Work remotely and from multiple locations? Here’s my minimalist kit recommendations to travel light.

on Dec 30

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555: AI Meets LEGO® Creativity with Keira Czarnota

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Chad is joined for a special interview by Keira Czarnota, founder of Emagineer, as they talk all about their recent collaboration on a new AI powered LEGO® app.

on Dec 26

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452: Hotwire Essentials with Steve Polito

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Stephanie is joined by follow thoughtbot-er Steve Polito as they discuss his latest GitHub resource, Botcasts

on Dec 24

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Optimize your shell experience

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Make your shell workflow as smooth as possible by creating helpers designed just for you.

on Dec 20

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What I learned about design by helping my grandfather send an email

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The solution isn’t to just make the text bigger. We need to rethink how we approach product design as a whole.

on Dec 19

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554: Founding a Life Saving Business from your dorm room with Luká Yancopoulos

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Luká Yancopoulos, Co-Founder and CEO of Grapevine, reveals to Chad how he and his team are working to revolutionise the hospital supply chain system.

on Dec 19

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Zero-downtime with Rails credentials part II

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Transitioning the codebase from using environment variables to Rails Credentials for Zero-Downtime Deploys.

on Dec 18

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Design best practices from a DEI perspective | thoughtbot’s Playbook for great products and teams

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A guide for inclusive design and design research best practices.

on Dec 17

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Making typography decisions with AI as an assistant

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Combine AI tools with design expertise to make better typography decisions faster. Use AI as an assistant to select, test and implement typefaces while reducing time spent on exploration.

on Dec 16

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Testing SQL queries in a Ruby service

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An epic journey of facing MSSQL and missing Rails.

on Dec 16

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Why should I avoid regular expressions?

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Regular expressions are wondrous, but they’re ill-suited for many tasks; parsers are often more reliable.

on Dec 13

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Run smarter design Sprints with AI: Meet the Product Design Sprint Assistant

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Learn how to run efficient and creative design sprints with the Product Design Sprint Assistant. From problem framing to testing, this AI-powered tool helps streamline your process, track assumptions, and keep your team aligned every step of the way.

on Dec 12

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450: Javascript-Driven Development?

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Joël and Stephanie go back to fundamentals as they pick apart some recent conversations they’ve been having around the office.

on Dec 11

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Turbo morphing woes

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Morphing is cool, but it can break your JavaScript. Here are some of the problems of using it and how to work around them.

on Dec 11

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This week in #dev (Nov 29, 2024)

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How to check if you’re in a local Rails env and localizing models with Active Model.

on Dec 10

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First access to an AI-powered app for LEGO® fans and a unique founder story

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Get first access to an AI-powered app that transforms selfies into custom LEGO® figures! Join us on Dec 17th for a live demo, exclusive beta access, and the inspiring founder story of thoughtbot client, Keira Czarnota of emagineer.

on Dec 9

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A new Giant Robots Podcast co-host

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Sami Birnbaum joins our Giant Robots Smashing into other Giant Robots podcast as a regular co-host alongside Will Larry and Chad Pytel.

on Dec 9

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Upcoming livestream: AI meets LEGO® creativity

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Join us on December 17th as thoughtbot CEO Chad Pytel interviews Keira Czarnota, founder of emagineer, about the incredible journey behind his AI-powered mobile app for LEGO® fans.

on Dec 6

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553: The One with Sami and Chad

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After 10 years and 550 episodes of Giant Robots, Chad and Sami are ready to discuss what’s next for the podcast. The pair dive into some podcast role-play as they test out some ideas for iterating the show’s formula. Peak behind the curtain as they discuss the inner workings of the show, the...

on Dec 6

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Hotwire Essentials is here: Learn Hotwire by building a podcast player

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Hotwire Essentials takes you step-by-step through building a functional podcast player and teaches you how to apply Hotwire patterns to solve real-world problems. Learn Turbo’s capabilities, Stimulus controllers, and best practices for server-driven interactivity.

on Dec 5

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Upcoming livestream: Setting up a local LLM and replacing Open AI

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Learn by doing alongside thoughtbot CEO Chad Pytel. Join the weekly educational sessions that walk through foundational AI technical concepts to get you executing on real AI projects.

on Dec 2

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Stop aiming for compliance: Craft a better product strategy instead

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Have you been shuffling accessibility compliance all around your roadmap this year? Here are 5 ways to integrate it as a practice to supercharge your product strategy instead.

on Nov 29

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thoughtbot approved as UK Crown Commercial G-Cloud 14 supplier

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UK public sector organisations can find and contract thoughtbot cloud support services.

on Nov 28

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On the path to Administrate v1

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We’re close to releasing Administrate v1. We’d love it if you could try it out!

on Nov 27

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Automating barcode scanner tests with Capybara

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Implementing barcode scanner tests using Capybara.

on Nov 26

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New in our Playbook: Design best practices from a DEI perspective

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This DEI design practices guide offers actionable steps to create inclusive, equitable designs that respect diverse users and needs, from ideation to implementation.

on Nov 25

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Creating static data for your Rails application

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How to create flexible and maintainable static data for your Rails application using static_association.

on Nov 22

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551: System Design is a Team Sport with Tom Johnson

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In this episode, entrepreneur, CTO, and co-founder Tom Johnson joins us to discuss Multiplayer, a collaborative tool streamlining system design and documentation for developers.

on Nov 22

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Recommending blog posts with artificial intelligence

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We’ve reimplemented our blog’s related article recommendation system using modern artificial intelligence techniques. The system is cheaper, more performant, and produces better results.

on Nov 21

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Process slow network requests with Turbo and Active Model

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Learn how to build a dynamic loading screen without writing a line of JavaScript.

on Nov 20

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Giving to tribal nations

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Making investment days open to tribal nations.

on Nov 19

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Discovery work for an AI product

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How discovery work differs for an AI product, including tips on how to turn your AI product from good to exceptional.

on Nov 18

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Can AI Supercharge the Product Design Sprint? - Part 3

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Learn how AI streamlined the product design sprint process for a crowdfunded events platform, from idea generation to user testing. It highlights the strengths of AI-assisted design and identifies areas for improvement.

on Nov 15

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Zero-downtime with Rails credentials

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Transitioning the codebase from using environment variables to Rails Credentials for Zero-Downtime Deploys.

on Nov 14

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Lightweight data for business decisions AKA hacky answers for Rails developers

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Early in the product lifecycle, there’s no one better placed to gather data for business decisions than a developer. Here are some examples of what (and how) Rails developers can contribute with “hacky answers”.

on Nov 11

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Ethical AI for Product Management

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Think AI can’t be ethical? Think again! Check out the cheat code for creating innovative, user-trusting, privacy-first products. Ready to try the ®REPEATS method? 🔍💻

on Nov 8

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Unlock the value of tests in understanding your codebase

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Tests provide value beyond verifying behavior and catching bugs. Reading, writing, and interacting with tests empower developers to observe– and therefore gain knowledge– about their complex codebase.

on Nov 7

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is_male, or how NOT to encode gender

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Gender is not a binary, and a binary is not a boolean.

on Nov 6

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The president's doctor: Why your projects take forever

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Spoiler: Things wait. A lot. A tale of efficiency, but for whom?

on Nov 5

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4 tips when getting started with Hotwire

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A few best practices to keep in mind when getting started with Hotwire and Rails.

on Nov 4