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When AI doesn't help!

ChatGPT ran out of ideas when its suggestion didn’t work. How do you solve a problem when AI can’t?
Rakesh Arunachalam
June 23, 2025
Giant Robots Ep 579: Products you don't want to build with Sami and Chad

Chad and Sami get creative as they discuss the product ideas they would like to develop.
Chad Pytel and Sami Birnbaum
June 19, 2025
- Podcast
Introducing thoughtbot’s refreshed and more flexible logo

Behind the scenes look at the design team’s work to make the logo more balanced and easier to read at small sizes, while staying undeniably thoughtbot.
Alex Chen, Andrew Spencer & Fatima Burke
June 19, 2025
- Design
Why AgeTech is the next frontier for innovation

Startups in AgeTech have a massive opportunity. Discover what experts say it takes to design tech that supports caregivers, scales care, and empowers aging with independence.
Kelly Gebo
June 16, 2025
Meet thoughtbot at Brighton Ruby 2025

Brighton Ruby 2025 is just two weeks away and the thoughtbot team is looking forward to meet you all in real life
Jose Blanco
June 13, 2025
Giant Robots Ep 578: We need to understand how it works with Luisa Herrmann

Chad and Luisa Herrmann, founder of AINovva, sit down and attempt to demystify the “magic” of AI.
Chad Pytel
June 12, 2025
- Podcast
Can AI rebuild a Rails page in Next.js? We tried it

A recap of our live stream experiment where we used Cursor to rebuild a Rails page in Next.js.
Jimmy Thigpen
June 12, 2025
- Experiments
- AI
- NextJS
- Ruby On Rails
I just want to click the button

Intuition often wins over familiarity.
Elaina Natario
June 11, 2025
Prevent logging sensitive information in Rails, and beyond

The Rails defaults are a good foundation, but it’s still your responsibility to filter sensitive information from logs when using external APIs, services, and tools.
Steve Polito
June 10, 2025
- Rails
- Web
- Security
Building a Rails Feature with AI and Active Job

Exploring how structured function calls to an LLM can replace a dedicated CRM enrichment service in thoughtbot’s internal Rails app.
Chad Pytel and Kate Young
June 9, 2025
- AI
- Rails
- TDD
- Language Models
- Llm
- Large Language Models
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