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Watch where you walk by planning experiments

Developers often follow a plan that assumes that learning is done before they start writing code. This is similar to choosing a destination and then walking with closed eyes. Keep your eyes open by planning experiments instead.
Fritz Meissner
June 5, 2025
Designing for an aging population: Unlocking market opportunities through user research

The longevity market is booming. Are you listening closely enough?
Emily Bahna
June 4, 2025
AI for Business: Implementation strategy

The final blog in our “AI for Business” series in which we look at the rollout of your new AI strategy.
Ferdia Kenny
June 4, 2025
AI meets AgeTech: Where predictive care and digital companions are headed

AI is transforming AgeTech with proactive, deeply human-centered care, supporting audiences through meaningful, intuitive technology. We explore how startups like Maia Care and Calico Care are designing trust-first tools that feel more like friends.
Kelly Gebo
June 3, 2025
Learning Terraform - A hands-on, open source contribution

Discover how to get started with Terraform’s infrastructure-as-code to streamline and simplify your resource deployment.
Fernando Perales, Clarissa Borges & Kate Young
June 3, 2025
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Do you really know how to ORDER BY?

The perils of a seemingly harmless ORDER BY clause.
Thiago Araújo Silva
June 2, 2025
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This week in #dev (May 16, 2025)

JavaScript floating-point precision quirk, using .rb files for translations, and Rails’ all_day method.
thoughtbot
May 30, 2025
Giant Robots Ep 576: I never get bored with John Nunemaker

Chad catches up with John Nunemaker, self-employed programer on a plethora of products, on all things technical to gain insight into life as a self-employed developer.
Chad Pytel
May 29, 2025
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Still doing Product yourself? This is why your startup’s stalling

New founders often try to do everything themselves, but partnering with an experienced Product Manager accelerates growth and reduces costly mistakes. Learn when and how to bring in product help at every stage.
Bethan Ashley
May 29, 2025
AI for Business: Adoption challenges - legal, societal and ethical considerations

Like Frodo, you have left the Shire, formed the fellowship and survived the Dead Marshes. But you still need to scale Mount Doom. In our case, Mount Doom represents the many legal, societal and ethical implications around adopting AI technology.
Ferdia Kenny
May 28, 2025
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