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I copied a prompt and built a management system in a week

How I used Claude Code to build a GTD-based management system from a borrowed idea, meeting transcripts, and three days of real work.
Rob Whittaker
March 19, 2026
Claude Skill incoming! Generating Postman collections with AI

When speed matters more than perfection, API documentation can quickly become a bottleneck. In this post, I share how we used thoughtbot’s Claude Skill to generate Postman collections directly from a Rails codebase.
Sami Birnbaum
March 9, 2026
- Artificial Intelligence
- Rails
- Claude
- AI
- Development
- API
Your chat bot needs a better rate limit strategy

Don’t let one ambitious user trigger a denial of service.
Steve Polito
March 2, 2026
- Rails
- Web
- Development
- Artificial Intelligence
- Llm
- Chat Bot
Code audits in the days of AI - A new Claude skill

Run a code audit on your Rails app using thoughtbot’s best practices with this new Claude skill.
Jose Blanco
January 20, 2026
How to review AI generated PRs

Tips from an AI skeptic for working with a team which uses AI a lot.
Justin Toniazzo
December 12, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence
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
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
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
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
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
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