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How transparency helps us navigate during calm and chaos
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At thoughtbot, transparency is our compass, guiding us through both calm and chaos, toward informed decision-making and collaboration.
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Ruby on Rails agency in London
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Where can you find top Ruby on Rails developers in London? Hint: it isn’t a new AI tool. Real life thoughtbot developers have been helping clients in London for decades.
on Sat, 4PM
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Ruby Strings: DnD Alignment chart
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Some characters just want to watch the world burn.
on Fri, 4PM
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How to respect OpenAI's rate limits in Rails
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As it turns out, OpenAI’s rate limits are a little more complicated than other APIs.
on Thu, 4PM
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AI for Business: A history of Artificial Intelligence
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To understand where AI might be headed, we should first revisit the past to see where it has come from and how it got here.
on Wed, 9PM
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My key takeaways from the All Things Open.AI conference
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New things we learned and tips for getting started with AI from the All Things Open Conference.
on Wed, 4PM
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Going beyond AI prototyping: Lessons from SXSW
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Learn how to turn AI prototypes into real product value. Insights from SXSW 2025 on managing AI tools, solving the last-mile problem, and building scalable AI features.
on Tue, 3PM
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Bringing a brand identity to life with web UI design | thoughtbot
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Be Inspired worked with thoughtbot to refresh their digital presence and establish a scalable website. Read more.
on Mon, 4PM
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Avoiding N+1 queries the Railsy way with strict loading
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Need to catch N+1 queries without adding any extra dependencies to your project? Strict Loading makes it effortless, but your configurations need to be set up correctly to avoid unexpected behaviors.
on Mon, 4PM
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Designing better organizations enabled by AI: Lessons from SXSW
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SXSW 2025 was all about real-world AI implementations. Here are some examples and insights around team collaboration, feedback systems, and open source governance.
on Apr 6
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We went to ProductCon 2025. Here’s what every tech leader needs to know about building products right now.
on Apr 5
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Rails 8’s Propshaft, A Sprockets’ quiet replacement?
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With the release of Rails 8, asset management in Rails got faster and simpler with the new asset pipeline, Propshaft, which is not only simpler but also more aligned with modern Rails development needs compared to its predecessor, Sprockets.
on Apr 4
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568: What does Carbon even mean? With Polly and Otto from True
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Sami goes back to school as he asks Otto Terrell and Polly Gupta from True the key questions around the environmental buzz words of 2025.
on Apr 4
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Falsehoods software teams believe about user feedback
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The feedback we get from users is not what it seems! As software creators we apply a lens that makes us take user feedback in many different - often unhelpful - ways from how it was intended. Here’s a list of user feedback myths to help jog assumptions.
on Apr 3
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Using the Presenter Pattern in Ruby on Rails
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The presenter pattern is a handy design approach that sits between your views and models, helping you keep your code organized by handling view-specific logic in a clean and maintainable way. Let’s explore how to use it you your rails app.
on Apr 3
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content_for -- What is it good_for?
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The Marie Kondo for bits of HTML that spark joy but have no home.
on Apr 3
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Building a multi-platform healthcare web app with Hotwire | thoughtbot
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CloseKnit partnered with thoughtbot to quickly build a virtual urgent care solution to meet patient demand. Read the case study.
on Apr 2
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🎙️ Introducing AI for Business, a new blog series
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This blog series will shed light on AI from a non-technical perspective. It will be useful for anyone in Design and Product roles along with stakeholders like founders, executives, and anyone looking to get to grips with AI.
on Apr 2
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Giant Robots, Giant Changes: Season 15 Gets Personal
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Season 15 of Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots is here!
on Apr 1
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Should I hire an agency to develop my MVP or build my own team?
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Having trouble deciding whether to hire your own team to build your MVP or work with a development partner? Here are some considerations and things to expect when exploring these routes.
on Apr 1
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567: The Future of Digital Health: Where Are We Headed with Steven Wardell
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Sami talks with Steven Wardell, managing partner of Wardell Advisors LLC, about the lacking tech developments within the healthcare sector.
on Apr 1
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thoughtbot is pausing activity on X and Meta
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We’re shifting our focus to more inclusive platforms that foster meaningful conversations. Learn how to stay connected with us through places like our blog, newsletter, Mastodon, Bluesky, LinkedIn, GitHub and RSS.
on Mar 31
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How fast can an ActiveRecord SQL query run?
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You have a SQL query that seems like it needs to be faster. What’s the upper-bound on improving that query’s performance?
on Mar 31
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Product and design team coaching improves performance for fintech | thoughtbot
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thoughtbot consultants embedded in a banking client’s product team to provide coaching and mentoring along with technical expertise.
on Mar 24
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How we use AI to accelerate our MVPs
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We’ve organized our suggestions for using AI to accelerate your MVPs, to support you with product strategy, design, development, go-to-market, and post-launch optimization.
on Mar 24
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Write code that’s easier to read, remix, and modify by following this trio of principles.
on Mar 20
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Safe dynamic object access in TypeScript
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Satisfy the Typescript type-checker when doing dynamic object access and write safer code in the process.
on Mar 19
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ActiveRecord query log tags for GraphQL
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ActiveRecord query log tags is my pick for most underrated Rails config option that isn’t enabled by default. Here’s how to extend it beyond the default options, with a specific example of GraphQL.
on Mar 18
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How AI can streamline code reviews
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Discover how seeking help from AI can save time while performing code reviews. See real-world examples of AI-driven efficiency in action.
on Mar 17
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Finding the opposite of what you have with rails invert_where
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Need to fetch the opposite data for an existing ActiveRecord query? Rails invert_where makes it effortless, but be careful with the side effects.
on Mar 14
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Take the Outside View: A solution to the planning fallacy
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Optimism is our kryptonite but history is our saviour.
on Mar 13
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What UK companies need to know about the European Accessibility Act (EAA)
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By the end of June 2025, the European Accessibility Act takes effect. Time to see how it might affect you.
on Mar 12
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How to use ngrok and Ollama to access a local LLM remotely
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Use ngrok to securely expose your local Ollama instance to the internet, making it accessible from anywhere.
on Mar 11
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This week in #dev (Feb 21, 2025)
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Highlights of what happened in our #dev channel on Slack this week.
on Mar 7
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Our podcasts are now available on YouTube
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The Giant Robots Smashing into other Giant Robots Podcast and The Bike Shed are now available on YouTube podcasts and YouTube Music.
on Mar 6
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Seeds...of Destruction! 🌱 ➡️ 💥
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Untested seeds can grow into giant, crushing vines.
on Mar 5
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I’m currently talking to the machine and it’s not helpful at all
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Ever wondered what it would be like if you use your voice to code? Well, me too. I tried 3 tools – with AI and without and these are my findings.
on Mar 4
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Scaling startups: Financial foundations & strategic product roadmap
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Hear from both thoughtbot and 5th Line, who share their top tips for startups looking to scale, but want to evolve in the right way.
on Feb 25
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Zero-downtime with Rails credentials part III
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Transitioning the codebase from using environment variables to Rails Credentials for Zero-Downtime Deploys.
on Feb 25
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Diversity, equity, and inclusion are still important
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We remain committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, not only as a moral imperative, but because having a diverse team with different experiences and perspectives doesn’t hinder productivity. It makes us more successful.
on Feb 24
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SXSW 2025: AI must-see sessions plus our local guide to hidden hangouts
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thoughtbot’s Austin locals are heading back to SXSW! Learn about the sessions we have on our calendars and stick around to the end for our favorite local gems off the SXSW beaten path.
on Feb 24
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562: The evolution of design sprints with Dawn Delatte and Elaina Natario
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Chad talks with fellow thoughtboters Dawn Delatte and Elaina Natario about the evolution of design sprints at within the company.
on Feb 20
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455: Noisy Animals Kata with Fritz Meissner
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Joël talks with fellow thoughtboter Fritz Meissner about the thinking process behind his latest kata project and the vast world of coding problems.
on Feb 18
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561: The One with Chad, Will, and Sami
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thoughtbot hosts Chad, Will and Sami shoot the breeze in this laid back episode of Giant Robots as they discuss the ins and outs of being a parent and growing up with tech.
on Feb 13
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NWRUG's February 2025 Meeting (20 February)
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It will soon be NWRUG’s February 2025 meet-up on Thursday, 20 February.
on Feb 12
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New Livestream Recording - Where can healthcare best use AI?
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Chad Pytel recently joined Steven Wardell’s Digital Health Investor Talk series to discuss how healthcare can best use AI. If you missed it, the session recording is now live.
on Feb 11
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How to customize ids in URLs in your Rails app
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Override the <code>to_param</code> method on your object to customize how Rails builds the id to put in the URL.
on Feb 10
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560: Simplifying the Immigration Journey with Matt Gale
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Chad is joined by Matt Gale as they talk about the immigration process in the US and how Lawfully is helping both individuals and businesses track applications on the road to becoming US citizens.
on Feb 7
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My note-taking system gives me constant content ideas
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I create a lot but never run out of ideas. Part of my secret is the note-taking system I use.
on Feb 6