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Sign in with Google for React Native

Modern Sign in with Google for React Native using Android’s Credential Manager, the GoogleSignIn-iOS SDK, and a first-party Expo config plugin. TypeScript-first.
Oluwatomi Oluwafemi Alu
July 27, 2026
What founders told us about working with AI tools for startups

AI can help you ship a prototype in a weekend, but it won’t tell you if you’re building the right thing. We talked to founders who use AI tools every day to find out where it actually helps, and where it can quietly hurt you.
Michelle Taute
July 24, 2026
- AI
- Startup
Join us: Building Secure Healthcare Systems

Register for our July 30 panel on reducing risk through better architecture, AI governance, and developer workflows, featuring David Pace of Merck and Joël Quenneville and Clarissa Borges of thoughtbot.
Lindsey Christensen
July 17, 2026
- News
- Events
- Health Tech
Upcase has retired, but the learning continues

We’ve retired Upcase, but our commitment to sharing what we learn hasn’t changed. Here’s where you can continue learning with us through articles, videos, podcasts, and more.
Moses Amama
July 15, 2026
- Upcase
- Ruby On Rails
The Bike Shed Ep 506: The Muppet Software Team

This week’s episode is a radical one, let’s Muppet-cast a software development team!
Sally Hall and Aji Slater
July 14, 2026
- Podcast
Migrating to native stack navigation, with a surprise from iOS 26

We moved our React Native app from the JavaScript stack to the native stack and suddenly inherited Liquid Glass, and a clipped logo.
Jose Blanco
July 13, 2026
Past and present thoughtbotters at LRUG this Monday

Come hear Ruby talks by Fritz Meissner and Ismael Celis at the London Ruby User Group meeting on Monday 13th July.
Fritz Meissner
July 10, 2026
- Community
- Events
- London
- Meetup
- Ruby
The Bike Shed Ep 505: What is a “principal” or “staff” engineer?

Sally and Joël join forces to discuss the different ways to interpret the role of a ‘principle’ or ‘staff’ engineer, and the handwaving around what those titles mean in terms of the gradation.
Joël Quenneville and Sally Hall
July 7, 2026
- Podcast
Your vibe coded website is going to get you fined

Vibe coding might get you 80% of the way there. But the other 20% is what really counts. It’s what makes you stand out from AI slop and helps you avoid huge accessibility fines. thoughtbot designers can give you that extra 20%.
Ferdia Kenny
July 3, 2026
Roux’s New Component Library

We’ve added UI components to Roux!
Elaina Natario and Dave Iverson
July 1, 2026
- HTML
- CSS
- News
- Open Source
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