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One-way vs Two-way door decisions

Not all decisions need the same amount of analysis before being made. Some are easily reversible and should be made fast. While others have long-lasting effects and require careful planning before being made.
Trésor Bireke
May 10, 2024
- Project Management
- Decision Making
Tips For Using AI-Generated Images In Your Slides

I used AI to generate images for my slides, but it required some work to get them to look how I wanted. Here’s what I learned along the way.
Matheus Richard
May 8, 2024
This Week in Open Source

Recent thoughtbot open source updates.
Sara Jackson
May 7, 2024
Advanced Ruby: The chainable request pattern

Make your transactional web requests more maintainable with The Chainable Request Pattern.
Thiago Araújo Silva
May 6, 2024
A peek inside my meeting facilitation playbook: co-pilot with me ✈️📕

No grand claims here, just some learned practical insights and tips. Let’s make our meetings enjoyable and effective, shall we?
Bethan Ashley
May 3, 2024
- Meeting
- Teams
- Fun
- Back To Basics
Meet thoughtbot at RailsConf 2024

RailsConf 2024 kicks off May 7 and we hope to meet you there. Here are some places you’ll find thoughtbot speaking, pairing, organizing, and eating!
Lindsey Christensen
May 2, 2024
- Events
- Rails
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Even for AI, there are considerations more important than technical feasibility

AI has tremendous potential but also can be met with user apprehension. Here are is our take on the importance of approaching users with empathy and how to get started.
Kelly Gebo
May 2, 2024
Debugging Elasticsearch queries with Kibana

How to debug Elasticsearch queries using Kibana Dev Tools.
Jeanine Soterwood
May 1, 2024
- Elasticsearch
- Kibana
This Week in Open Source

Recent thoughtbot open source updates.
Sara Jackson
April 30, 2024
Rack_Test or Selenium ?

This article explores the difference between selenium and rack_test and how to leverage them to speed up your tests.
Trésor Bireke
April 29, 2024
- Ruby On Rails
- Ruby
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