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AI's "overnight" solution for our flaky tests took two weeks to adopt

We lived with flaky tests for years until Claude found a solution overnight. It only took two weeks to make the solution useful.
Fritz Meissner
June 22, 2026
The Playwright debugging tool Rails devs aren't using

Playwright records every test in cinematic detail. Most Rails devs aren’t watching.
Justin Toniazzo
June 19, 2026
- Rails
- Testing
- Capybara
- RSpec
- Debugging
- CI
Giant Robots Podcast Ep 614: AI Code Audits

Our hosts Chad and Sami team up this week to discuss AI code bases and whether they can be built to be developer friendly and with best practices in mind.
Chad Pytel and Sami Birnbaum
June 18, 2026
- Podcast
Meet thoughtbot at Brighton Ruby 2026

Brighton Ruby 2026 will take place in two weeks, thoughtbot will be attending and speaking, let’s meet!
Rémy Hannequin
June 18, 2026
The mistake I didn't realise I was making when designing workshops

The hidden reason good products, meetings and workshops still fail: they depend on a single way of seeing, thinking and processing.
Bethan Ashley
June 17, 2026
The Bike Shed Ep 502: Apps That Make Our Work Go

Aji and Sally are back together again, this time to discuss the different apps they use to make their workflows and To Do lists easier and quicker to achieve.
Joël Quenneville and Sally Hall
June 16, 2026
- Podcast
AI crawlers are inflating your view counts

AI crawlers now make up most of your site’s traffic, and server-side analytics counts every one of them. Your view counts measure scrapers, not readers. Here is how to fix it.
Trésor Bireke
June 16, 2026
- AI
- Rails
- Analytics
Toast: the 2-minute test that reveals how you think about building products

Give a team one prompt. Watch them completely diverge. The differences reveal something most product teams never talk about.
Bethan Ashley
June 10, 2026
How I Built a Chrome Extension Wrapper (and Everything That Tried to Stop Me)

Sharing my experience building a Chrome extension wrapper around a Rails app: the hard-won expertise, the rabbit holes, and everything I’d do differently.
Valeria Graffeo
June 9, 2026
Enforcing Your Ruby Style Guide on AI-Generated Code

A Rails-flavored guide to wrapping Claude Code in the checks, conventions, and feedback loops that make agent output more trustworthy.
Daniel Garcia
June 8, 2026
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