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Finding Your Niche as a Full Stack Designer

thoughtbot’s full stack designers are multi-faceted consultants with a myriad of skills. When tackling every project’s unique problems and dynamics, how do you know which skills to apply to which team?
Alex Chen
October 16, 2025
Putting our values to work: rethinking expenses

Learn how Ramp helped our remote team simplify expenses and focus on what we love.
Becky Dunbar
October 15, 2025
The Opinionated thoughtbotter: You're not a full-stack developer without CSS

Elaina has strong opinions for you about the importance of front end development. In this episode, host Svenja Schäfer sits down with Elaina Natario to unpack why understanding CSS is a non-negotiable for full-stack developers. Learn why Elai…
Elaina Natario and Svenja Schäfer
October 10, 2025
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Giant Robots Podcast Ep 594: AI is Draining with Pablo Curell

Sami assesses the long term viability of AI with Pablo Curell as they break down the hype and logistics that surround the popular tool.
Sami Birnbaum
October 9, 2025
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Releasing v 1.0 of Administrate LIVE at thoughtbot Open Summit

What if your admin dashboard worked the way Rails does? Administrate 1.0 is coming and it’s shipping live on October 31st at thoughtbot Open Summit.
Lindsey Christensen
October 7, 2025
- Rails
- Open Source
Fear isn’t the enemy in teamwork — silence is.

When we voice our fears, we build trust, courage, and stronger teams.
Trésor Bireke
October 6, 2025
New thoughtbot merch store just launched!

We’ve launched a thoughtbot merch store with new swag, sizes, and logo.
Stephanie Kuroda
October 3, 2025
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thoughtbot’s internal consulting course is now public

After years of learning together with our internal consulting course, we’re making it public to everyone. Learn with thoughtbot.
Stephanie Kuroda
October 1, 2025
- Learning
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What sets thoughtbot designers apart?

thoughtbot designers aren’t just pushing pixels—they’re full-stack product partners and front-end developers.
Andrew Spencer
September 30, 2025
🎙️ Free Resource: Product Design Sprint FigJam Template

Take the pain out of setting up your Product Design Sprint with our free PDS schedule and template board on FigJam!
Ferdia Kenny
September 29, 2025
- Design
- Product Design Sprint
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