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How I saved 100 GB of disk space on my Mac

Strategies to reclaim precious disk space on your Mac, and bid farewell to the dreaded ‘Your disk is almost full’ message.

Rakesh Arunachalam
May 30, 2024
Migrating from feature specs to system specs

Rails supports writing Capybara tests out of the box since the 5.1 release in the form of system tests. This means you no longer need to configure database cleaning strategies or have webdriver configuration files with hard-to-understand configuration settings. This article explores how to migrate Feature specs in an existing Rails app to the default System specs.
Trésor Bireke
May 29, 2024
Product Management Insights: Understanding Your Users

This is a series where we delve into the world of product management. This week we discuss the art of understanding your users.
Jared Turner, Jason Bailey, Bryce Morisako, Daniel Kim, Bethan Ashley & Victoria Bell
May 28, 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
Getting design and development on the same page

Discover how seamless design-dev teamwork transforms outcomes.
Omolola Adedayo
May 24, 2024
- Design
- Development
- Team
- Collaboration
Favorite resources for tech leadership

We’ve organized some of your favorite thoughtbot resources around process, tech decisions, and culture into a single resource page.
Lindsey Christensen
May 23, 2024
- Leadership
- Resource
AWS Platform Guide: A complete guide on how to build your infrastructure on AWS

If you’re migrating to AWS from another cloud like Heroku, or starting a new project and want to build your infrastructure on AWS, this guide is for you!
Clarissa Borges
May 22, 2024
- AWS
- Infrastructure
- SRE
- DevOps
The Power of Team Goal Setting

Team goal setting is an essential practice that helps align individual efforts with organizational objectives, fosters collaboration, and drives overall performance.
Vendela Colavecchio
May 21, 2024
- Leadership
- Team
- Strategy
A new version of Suspenders has been released!

We took our Suspenders to the tailor and made some alterations.
Steve Polito
May 20, 2024
What it’s like to work with thoughtbot’s designers who code

A conversation with a Design Director from a recent client, the Harvard Business Review, about their experience working with thoughtbot designers who code and the unique value and skillset they provide.
Andrew Spencer
May 20, 2024
- Consulting
- Team
- Process
- Design
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