We believe strong opinions backed by experience are essential to building great products. Spicy takes also happen to be a lot of fun to listen to. That’s why we’re excited to announce the launch of The Opinionated thoughtbotter, a new video series where our experienced team members share their most uncompromising takes on software development and product design.
Each episode is a 1:1 conversation with Development Team Lead, Svenja Schäfer, who digs into her colleagues’ hot takes and the thinking behind them. We hope you’ll enjoy this sneak peek at the candid conversations that happen behind the scenes at thoughtbot, from our folks who navigate tricky product decisions (and debates!) in the name of quality products.
So what’s up first?
Episode 1: Senior Developer Sami Birnbaum makes the case that AI-assisted development does more harm than good. From productivity promises that don’t deliver to the risks of over-reliance, Sami argues for a more human approach to writing code.
Episode 2: Design Team Lead Elaina Natario shares why if you don’t know CSS, you’re not a full-stack developer. Elaina explains the naivety of neglecting CSS as something someone else will tack on later.
Subscribe and watch the first episode now on our YouTube channel and feel free to roast our takes in the comments. It’s all in good fun. These are the kinds of conversations that sharpen thinking and help teams build better processes and products. But you can debate us on that too…
