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Giant Robots Podcast Ep 612: Do fish drink?

The Giant Robots trio are back to discuss the development of thoughtbot’s ReadySetGo app, and whether AI might be causing developers to go backwards.
Chad Pytel, Will Larry & Sami Birnbaum
May 28, 2026
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Reflections on my conversation with Lord Chris Holmes MBE

Two months ago I sat down with Lord Chris Holmes MBE to talk about his AI regulation private members bill.
Sami Birnbaum
May 13, 2026
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Giant Robots Podcast Ep 608: Project Updates with Will, Chad and Sami

Our hosts provide a peek behind the scenes as they discuss their work on recent thoughtbot projects.
Chad Pytel, Will Larry & Sami Birnbaum
April 16, 2026
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The Opinionated thoughtbotter: Bootstrap is the Superior Front-End Toolkit

Steve Polito makes the case for Bootstrap as the best front-end toolkit for server-rendered applications. In this episode of The Opinionated thoughtbotter, he and Svenja Schäfer debate Bootstrap vs. Tailwind, MVP speed, customization, documen…
Svenja Schäfer
March 27, 2026
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Giant Robots Podcast Ep 606: AI layoffs are BS

Chad, Sami and Will bring a growing issue to the forefront as they discuss whether AI really is to blame for recent industry layoffs.
Chad Pytel, Will Larry & Sami Birnbaum
March 26, 2026
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The Bike Shed Ep 498: Season 2 Recap

Our hosts come together to wrap up season 2 and share some of their highlights along the way.
Joël Quenneville, Sally Hall & Aji Slater
March 17, 2026
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The Bike Shed Ep 497: Diagrams we love

Aji and Joël get into a flow as they discuss the different diagrams that help guide their thought processes when working.
Joël Quenneville and Aji Slater
March 10, 2026
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The Bike Shed Ep 496: Test suite performance

Joël and Sally cover all the bases as they look at improving their test suite performances times.
Joël Quenneville and Sally Hall
March 3, 2026
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The Opinionated thoughtbotter: Linting is Non-Negotiable

Linting isn’t about tabs vs. spaces. It’s about team consistency. thoughtbot senior developers Svenja Schäfer and Rémy Hannenquin talk code style, automation, PR review sanity, and why “just format the whole codebase” might be the least painf…
Svenja Schäfer
February 27, 2026
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The Bike Shed Ep 495: A shortcut to years of experience

Sally and Aji flick through thoughtbot’s guide to best practices in a bid to brush up on their coding habits.
Sally Hall and Aji Slater
February 24, 2026
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