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Why Duck Typer?

Some say interface tests are fragile and shouldn’t be written. I disagree. Here’s why I think they’re worth writing.
Thiago Araújo Silva
May 26, 2026
- Ruby
- Testing
- Open Source
- Design
Why thoughtbot is joining the Ruby Alliance

thoughtbot is joining the Ruby Alliance, a coalition of companies investing in the long-term sustainability of Ruby infrastructure and the broader ecosystem. Here’s why we believe shared stewardship matters for Ruby’s future.
Chad Pytel and Ran Craycraft
May 20, 2026
- News
- Ruby
- Ruby On Rails
- Open Source
- Community
PII filtering for RubyLLM with Top Secret

Automatically filter sensitive information from your RubyLLM conversations before it reaches third-party providers.
Steve Polito
April 17, 2026
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
Rethinking CSS with Roux - debuting at thoughtbot Open Summit

Remember Bourbon and Bitters? Meet their modern successor: Roux. Elaina Natario talks about her new CSS boilerplate that rethinks how teams structure and scale their styles without needing to reach for frameworks like Tailwind.
Lindsey Christensen
October 27, 2025
- CSS
- Open Source
- Events
- News
Announcing the thoughtbot Open Summit 2025 full schedule

From the live Administrate 1.0 release to hands-on sessions with factory_bot, Superglue and Active Agent, it’s shaping up to be a full day of open source collaboration. Check out the full lineup.
Lindsey Christensen
October 23, 2025
- Events
- News
- Open Source
Releasing v 1.0 of Administrate LIVE at thoughtbot Open Summit

What if your admin dashboard worked the way Rails does? Administrate 1.0 is coming and it’s shipping live on October 31st at thoughtbot Open Summit.
Lindsey Christensen
October 7, 2025
- Rails
- Open Source
thoughtbot’s internal consulting course is now public

After years of learning together with our internal consulting course, we’re making it public to everyone. Learn with thoughtbot.
Stephanie Kuroda
October 1, 2025
- Learning
- Culture
- Consulting
- Open Source
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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
Announcing thoughtbot Open Summit 2025: Leading the way in Rails and beyond

The Ruby community thrives when we build together. On October 31, our free, virtual Summit brings developers, maintainers, and teams worldwide into one space to ship real contributions and make your apps stronger.
Lindsey Christensen
August 21, 2025
- Open Source
- Rails
- Events
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