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  1. AI in Focus: Pair programming with AI

    Trying to optimize your AI coding workflow? One size doesn’t fit all. During an AI pair programming session, we discovered some insights about control, context and trust that might help you sharpen your own process.

    Chad Pytel, Clarissa Borges & Michelle Taute
    November 20, 2025
    • Artificial Intelligence
  2. How to use LLMs without driving your team mad

    Three AI anti-patterns that consistently frustrate development teams, and how to avoid them.

    Jimmy Thigpen
    November 17, 2025
    • AI
    • Llm
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Development
    • Productivity
  3. Introducing Top Secret

    Automatically filter sensitive information before sending it to external services or APIs, such as chatbots and LLMs.

    Steve Polito
    August 22, 2025
    • Open Source
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Language Models
    • Ruby
  4. Tools for AI assisted Software development

    Reduce friction interacting with AI during software development. These plugins can become your essential tools.

    Rakesh Arunachalam
    August 4, 2025
    • Open Source
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Language Models
  5. This week in #dev (Jul 25, 2025)

    How to read Rails Guides in your favorite e-reader, and an easy way to let Copilot see your changes.

    thoughtbot
    August 1, 2025
    • This Week In Dev
    • TIL
    • Rails
    • Artificial Intelligence
  6. When AI doesn't help!

    ChatGPT ran out of ideas when its suggestion didn’t work. How do you solve a problem when AI can’t?

    Rakesh Arunachalam
    June 23, 2025
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Language Models
    • JavaScript
    • Mobile
    • React Native
  7. 6 key insights from Dublin Tech Summit 2025

    Here are 6 key insights I took from Dublin Tech Summit along with 6 cool companies worth checking out!

    Ferdia Kenny
    June 6, 2025
    • Conferences
    • Artificial Intelligence
  8. AI for Business: Implementation strategy

    The final blog in our “AI for Business” series in which we look at the rollout of your new AI strategy.

    Ferdia Kenny
    June 4, 2025
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    • Product Design
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    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Business
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  9. AI meets AgeTech: Where predictive care and digital companions are headed

    AI is transforming AgeTech with proactive, deeply human-centered care, supporting audiences through meaningful, intuitive technology. We explore how startups like Maia Care and Calico Care are designing trust-first tools that feel more like friends.

    Kelly Gebo
    June 3, 2025
    • Health Tech
    • Startup
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Product Strategy
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    • Successful Products
  10. AI for Business: Adoption challenges - legal, societal and ethical considerations

    Like Frodo, you have left the Shire, formed the fellowship and survived the Dead Marshes. But you still need to scale Mount Doom. In our case, Mount Doom represents the many legal, societal and ethical implications around adopting AI technology.

    Ferdia Kenny
    May 28, 2025
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    • Business
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