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Who's reading the code your AI writes?

AI makes you at least 30% faster on new code and 10% faster on old code. It also makes it easier to ship bugs, security flaws, and data leaks before anyone notices.
Ran Craycraft
October 23, 2026
- AI
- Security
- Development
- News
Design systems in an AI era; what changes when everyone can build?

Does a design system still belong in Figma? Do I still need a design system? Is Figma even still relevant in today’s world as a designer?
Andrew Spencer, Dave Iverson, Moses Amama & Bethan Ashley
October 20, 2026
- AI Design
- Design System
- Design
- Claude Code
- AI
A pragmatic guide to AI-assisted development

Learn how I use AI-assisted development to understand, ship, and verify a real fix.
Steve Polito
October 19, 2026
- Agents
- AI
- Process
- Development
What causes AI fatigue for engineers and how to ease the strain

AI fatigue is setting in for engineering teams. Our research shows most feel pressure to assess every AI trend, struggle to evaluate tools, and wrestle with evaluating AI-generated code. Here’s some practical advice for navigating the pain points.
Richard Newman and Michelle Taute
October 6, 2026
- Development
- AI
We built an AI product consultant and the free beta is now open

Announcing the ReadySetGo beta! An AI-assisted sprint that helps you quickly determine what product to build, with real research pulled in as you go. For a limited time, it’s free to use.
Lindsey Christensen
October 2, 2026
- Readysetgo
- AI
- News
thoughtbot's agent skills

Announcing some new skills for Claude and other coding agents to help with development, design, and consulting.
Dave Iverson
September 21, 2026
- Agents
- Claude
- Open Source
- AI
- Tools
- Development
5 easy, actionable tips for software development in healthcare

Big-picture thinking is great, but sometimes you just want tactics you can use today. Here are five quick tips from our recent healthcare security panel, covering everything from handling vendor outages to building your own AI-powered security scanner.
Michelle Taute
September 10, 2026
- Health Tech
- AI
- Compliance
- Development
Is AI ruining my brain?

Has using AI at work made me worse at other things in my life?
Sally Hall
September 4, 2026
- AI
- Continuous Improvement
GPT and Claude go to heraldry school

I photographed a mystery coat of arms on vacation and asked a handful of AI models to identify it. Their reasoning traces show the difference between a model that backtracks and one that doubles down.
Joël Quenneville
August 26, 2026
- Llm
- Claude
- Experiments
- Artificial Intelligence
- AI
- Fun
Don’t hire thoughtbot to write code

AI makes code faster and cheaper to produce. Premium consultancies need to offer more: experienced judgment, the right capabilities, and people who help teams solve the right problems and make better decisions.
Ran Craycraft
August 21, 2026
- AI
- Consulting
- Product
- Developers
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