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From dev to design: How fractional support flexes to fit your team

Have you considered the value of an entire fractional team? Fractional teams offer flexible, senior-level support across roles to help you move faster, scale smarter, and avoid the overhead of full-time hiring.
Derek Chavez
May 23, 2025
Giant Robots Ep 575: I might have to get dressed for these with Chad, Sami and Will

The Giant Robots hosts are back together for more off the wall discussion about construction, movies and a special announcement!
Chad Pytel, Will Larry & Sami Birnbaum
May 22, 2025
- Podcast
The art of writing meaningful Git commit messages

Writing a Git commit message is harder than it looks. This post dives into the art and nuance behind writing meaningful commits messages and explores how Conventional Commits can be as helpful for humans as they are for machines.
Valerie Burzynski
May 22, 2025
- Commits
- Git
- Programming
thoughtbot at Helvetic Ruby 2025

We’re speaking at Helvetic Ruby on May 23rd, let’s meet there!
Rémy Hannequin
May 21, 2025
- Events
- Ruby
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AI for Business: Adoption challenges - people

The biggest hurdle to a successful AI-powered business transformation is not broken code, bad data or limited budget. It’s people. Let’s take a look at a few ways to jump this hurdle!
Ferdia Kenny
May 21, 2025
You don't need a CTO for that – meet your Fractional Tech Lead

Why hiring a full-time CTO might not have the wanted – and needed - affect. Learn about thoughtbot’s fractional leadership and how they will solve your problems.
Svenja Schäfer
May 20, 2025
- Leadership
- Consulting
How to get composite keys to play with Rails view helpers

The to_key method from ActiveModel allows custom objects with composite primary keys to integrate natively into Rails helpers.
Joël Quenneville
May 19, 2025
When to build an in-house engineering team and when to hire an agency

When does it make sense to work with a consultancy like thoughtbot? After thousands of engagements, we summarize our best advice for when it makes more sense to hire in-house and when it makes more sense to find an external partner.
Ran Craycraft
May 16, 2025
- MVP
- Hiring
- Platform Engineering
- Development
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- Growth
From idea to impact: The role of rapid prototyping in AgeTech

Rapid prototyping can help AgeTech startups move fast, test wisely, and build with confidence. Learn how to turn big ideas into real-world impact without wasting time or budget.
Kelly Gebo
May 15, 2025
AI-led or Human-led Coding? We have to choose.

It is time we take a closer look about how we code with AI and the ramifications on our industry.
Sami Birnbaum
May 15, 2025
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