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AI in Focus: Pair programming with AI

Trying to optimize your AI coding workflow? One size doesn’t fit all. During an AI pair programming session, we discovered some insights about control, context and trust that might help you sharpen your own process.
Chad Pytel, Clarissa Borges & Michelle Taute
November 20, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence
Presenting at tiny ruby on Friday, November 21, 2025!

Booleans and ractors on stage in Helsinki.
Louis Antonopoulos and Sarah Lima
November 19, 2025
- Ruby
- Conferences
How to use LLMs without driving your team mad

Three AI anti-patterns that consistently frustrate development teams, and how to avoid them.
Jimmy Thigpen
November 17, 2025
My Favorite Mac VoiceOver commands

The world needs more accessibility tip listicles. Here’s one about screen reader testing.
Dave Iverson
November 10, 2025
- Web
- Accessibility
- Voiceover
- Usability
How to design a join code system

Learn the ins and outs of building a game-based join code feature.
Steve Polito
November 10, 2025
- Web
- Development
- Design
- Rails
thoughtbot at Just Product 2025

Insights from the 2025 Just Product conference - from slowing down under pressure, to experimenting with AI and vibecoding - and what this all means for product teams and leaders.
Bethan Ashley
November 10, 2025
The Opinionated thoughtbotter: Extreme programming is the only way

In this episode, Development Director Rob Whittaker makes a bold claim: “Extreme Programming is the one true software methodology!” He and host Svenja dive into what makes Extreme Programming so powerful, how collaboration and pair programmin…
Svenja Schäfer
October 30, 2025
- Podcast
The Bike Shed Ep 480: The President's Doctor with Jared Turner

Aji gets their priorities straight as they talk with fellow thoughtboter Jared Turner about his recent article titled The President’s Doctor.
Aji Slater
October 28, 2025
- Podcast
Extending factory_bot with custom strategies at thoughtbot Open Summit

Learn how to make factory_bot work for your unique product needs. At thoughtbot Open Summit, Neil Carvalho and José Blanco will lead a live, hands-on session on building custom strategies. Learn how teams can extend and adapt factory_bot for complex applications.
Lindsey Christensen
October 28, 2025
- Factory Bot
- Rails
- Events
Rethinking CSS with Roux - debuting at thoughtbot Open Summit

Remember Bourbon and Bitters? Meet their modern successor: Roux. Elaina Natario talks about her new CSS boilerplate that rethinks how teams structure and scale their styles without needing to reach for frameworks like Tailwind.
Lindsey Christensen
October 27, 2025
- CSS
- Open Source
- Events
- News
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