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This week in #dev (Feb 21, 2025)

Highlights of what happened in our #dev channel on Slack this week.
thoughtbot
March 7, 2025
- This Week In Dev
- Ruby
- Tip
- Testing
Seeds...of Destruction! 🌱 ➡️ 💥

Untested seeds can grow into giant, crushing vines.
Louis Antonopoulos
March 5, 2025
- Ruby
- Rails
- Ruby On Rails
- Testing
- Development
This week in #dev (Jan 24, 2025)

Avoiding ReDoS attacks, using Active Resource in modern Rails, and how to improve flaky tests with Playwright.
thoughtbot
February 3, 2025
- This Week In Dev
- TIL
- Security
- Testing
- Rails
Things you might not need in your tests

Your test suite is slow and flaky because it does too much.
Matheus Richard
January 29, 2025
- Testing
- Performance
Testing SQL queries in a Ruby service

An epic journey of facing MSSQL and missing Rails.
Sally Hall
December 16, 2024
- SQL
- Testing
- Stories
- Ruby
- Web
Unlock the value of tests in understanding your codebase

Tests provide value beyond verifying behavior and catching bugs. Reading, writing, and interacting with tests empower developers to observe – and therefore gain knowledge about – their complex codebase.
Stephanie Minn
November 7, 2024
- Testing
- Learning
This week in #dev (Aug 30, 2024)

Testing block execution in RSpec, simplifying dropdown field creation in Rails, and more.
thoughtbot
September 6, 2024
- This Week In Dev
- Tip
- Ruby
- Rails
- Testing
Now that I can write React Native, what should I test?

Rev up the leaf blower on React Native testing weeds – focus your testing where it truly matters!
Oluwatomi Oluwafemi Alu
June 10, 2024
Dealing with flaky tests

Flaky tests waste your team’s time. Have a process for quarantining them and debugging them.
Dimiter Petrov
May 27, 2024
- Testing
Faster Tests With Capybara and Request Specs

System specs are cool, but can be slow and flaky. Request specs can be good enough if you add the right seasoning to them.
Matheus Richard
April 15, 2024
- Rails
- Testing
- Capybara
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