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Why should I avoid regular expressions?

Regular expressions are wondrous, but they’re ill-suited for many tasks; parsers are often more reliable.
Summer ☀️
December 13, 2024
- Regex
- Ruby
- Security
- Web
Run smarter design Sprints with AI: Meet the Product Design Sprint Assistant

Learn how to run efficient and creative design sprints with the Product Design Sprint Assistant. From problem framing to testing, this AI-powered tool helps streamline your process, track assumptions, and keep your team aligned every step of the way.
Kevin Kwon
December 12, 2024
- Design Sprint
- Artificial Intelligence
Turbo morphing woes

Morphing is cool, but it can break your JavaScript. Here are some of the problems of using it and how to work around them.
Matheus Richard
December 11, 2024
- Hotwire
- Rails
This week in #dev (Nov 29, 2024)

How to check if you’re in a local Rails env and localizing models with Active Model.
thoughtbot
December 10, 2024
- This Week In Dev
- Rails
- TIL
- Tip
First access to an AI-powered app for LEGO® fans and a unique founder story

Get first access to an AI-powered app that transforms selfies into custom LEGO® figures! Join us on Dec 17th for a live demo, exclusive beta access, and the inspiring founder story of thoughtbot client, Keira Czarnota of emagineer.
Lindsey Christensen
December 9, 2024
A new Giant Robots Podcast co-host

Sami Birnbaum joins our Giant Robots Smashing into other Giant Robots podcast as a regular co-host alongside Will Larry and Chad Pytel.
Chad Pytel
December 9, 2024
- News
- Podcast
Hotwire Essentials is here: Learn Hotwire by building a podcast player

Hotwire Essentials takes you step-by-step through building a functional podcast player and teaches you how to apply Hotwire patterns to solve real-world problems. Learn Turbo’s capabilities, Stimulus controllers, and best practices for server-driven interactivity.
Lindsey Christensen
December 5, 2024
Stop aiming for compliance: Craft a better product strategy instead

Have you been shuffling accessibility compliance all around your roadmap this year? Here are 5 ways to integrate it as a practice to supercharge your product strategy instead.
Caro Sotillo Silva
November 29, 2024
thoughtbot approved as UK Crown Commercial G-Cloud 14 supplier

UK public sector organisations can find and contract thoughtbot cloud support services.
Sami Birnbaum
November 28, 2024
- Web
- Design
- News
On the path to Administrate v1

We’re close to releasing Administrate v1. We’d love it if you could try it out!
Nick Charlton
November 27, 2024
- Rails
- Administrate
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