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  1. Zero-downtime with Rails credentials

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

    Sami Birnbaum and Valeria Graffeo
    November 14, 2024
    • Ruby
    • Rails
    • Credentials
    • Environment Variables
    • DevOps
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    • Zero Downtime With Rails Credentials
  2. Giving back with thoughtbot’s remote Office Hours & Mentoring Services 🫶

    Unlock expert advice on design, development, and product management with thoughtbot’s free Office Hours & Mentoring program, offering one-hour sessions to help you build better products.

    Jared Turner, Sami Birnbaum & Caro Sotillo Silva
    September 30, 2024
    • Mentoring
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  3. Stubbles - Stubbing and Doubles innit. 🧔

    Confession: I’ve always struggled to understand the difference between stubbing and doubles…

    Sami Birnbaum
    March 10, 2023
    • Testing
    • RSpec
    • Ruby
  4. Building an Alexa Skill in Arabic with Ruby

    More detail on how the thoughtbot team built one of the first Alexa skills in Arabic, and what we learned about using Ruby on Rails to support the development of Alexa Skills in the process.

    Fritz Meissner, Sami Birnbaum & Kelly Gebo
    November 18, 2022
    • Ruby
    • Rails
    • Successful Products
  5. Product Considerations for Middle-Eastern Users: No Fixed Location (Part 2 of 2)

    In this two part blog series, we share more detail on two of the challenges we faced and our collective learnings for building digital products for a Middle-Eastern audience. This is our second blog which shares how we built a delivery app for users with no fixed location.

    Rob Whittaker, Rakesh Arunachalam, Sami Birnbaum, Kelly Gebo & Ferdia Kenny
    September 5, 2022
    • Product
    • Product Strategy
    • Mobile
  6. Product Considerations for Middle-Eastern Users: Multi-Currency (Part 1 of 2)

    In this two part blog series, we share more detail on two of the challenges we faced and our collective learnings for building digital products for a Middle-Eastern audience. Our first blog focuses on Multi-currency support.

    Rob Whittaker, Rakesh Arunachalam, Sami Birnbaum, Kelly Gebo & Ferdia Kenny
    September 2, 2022
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    • Mobile
  7. Tips for Joining an Existing Project 💡

    If, like me, you don’t like change (who does?!), here are some tips that I have picked up along the way to try and help ease the transition onto an existing project.

    Sami Birnbaum
    July 25, 2022
    • Development
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  8. Ruby splat operator 🌟

    The Ruby splat operator is confusing and here is why…

    Sami Birnbaum
    January 17, 2022
    • Web
    • Programming
    • Ruby
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