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AI makes creating software faster, but in regulated industries, judgment matters more

AI is accelerating software delivery, but regulated industries face a harder challenge: moving faster without increasing risk. Here’s how teams can balance speed with privacy, security, compliance, and accountability.
Ran Craycraft
August 21, 2026
- AI
- Business
- Product
- Team Scaling
- Developers
- Health Tech
- Fintech
How healthcare tech teams innovate while balancing speed and security

Healthcare can be a tough space for innovation: Speed often feels at odds with the high-compliance environment. How do you find a balance? We asked them in a new research study and sat down with a Merck executive and two of our own developers.
Michelle Taute
August 18, 2026
A prototype is not a product. It's a conversation.

Most organizations prototype too late. The best prototypes aren’t built to validate software, they’re built to create alignment. Especially in regulated industries, a prototype is the fastest way to replace assumptions with evidence and make better decisions.
Ran Craycraft
July 31, 2026
- Prototype
- Health Tech
- Fintech
- Prototyping
- Business
- Product
New: The State of Software Delivery in Healthcare

168 healthcare tech leaders were surveyed on software delivery. 68% say speed and risk are in constant tension. We broke down what’s really behind it and what separates innovative teams from the rest.
Fernando Perales
July 30, 2026
- Health Tech
- News
Join us: Building Secure Healthcare Systems

Register for our July 30 panel on reducing risk through better architecture, AI governance, and developer workflows, featuring David Pace of Merck and Joël Quenneville and Clarissa Borges of thoughtbot.
Lindsey Christensen
July 17, 2026
- News
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- Health Tech
How to choose and implement an LLM for your healthcare product

Choosing and implementing the right large language model for healthcare requires balancing security, economics, and inevitable hallucinations. Here’s what you need to know before integrating AI into your product.
Richard Newman and Michelle Taute
February 27, 2026
- Health Tech
- AI
- Llm
48 companies you didn't know were using Rails in 2026

Rails is still alive and kicking in 2026, and a lot of companies trust it for their applications and backend infrastructure.
Valeria Graffeo
February 26, 2026
- Ruby On Rails
- Health Tech
- Fintech
- SaaS
- DevTools
- Ecommerce
- Media
- Entertainment
- Education
Claude Code skills: Automating FDA-required documentation for software as a medical device

Generating and maintaining FDA-required documentation for software as a medical device can be tedious and time-consuming. We built a Claude Code skill to automate documentation for 510(k) submissions.
Damian Galarza, Chad Pytel & Michelle Taute
February 25, 2026
- Claude
- AI
- Health Tech
Announcing Michel: A scheduling gem for health tech

Remove bottlenecks to booking appointments by enabling self-scheduling within your app.
Sally Hall
February 5, 2026
- Health Tech
- Databases
- Ruby On Rails
- PostgreSQL
- Open
- Open Source
- Performance
- Web
Staying agile in regulated industries: how to stay compliant while moving fast

Think staying agile isn’t possible in a regulated industry? Whether you’re an early-stage startup or a growing product team, being agile can help you move faster and stay compliant.
Kelly Gebo
July 23, 2025
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