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Giant Robots Podcast Ep 603: The product we are going to build

Sami makes his triumphant return to the Giant Robots Smashing into other Giant Robots Podcast as he and his fellow hosts discuss a brand new tool currently in pre-production at thoughtbot.
Chad Pytel, Will Larry & Sami Birnbaum
February 19, 2026
- Podcast
Our first Tech Leaders Meetup in Bristol, UK

Our Tech Leader UK Tour is coming to Bristol on March 19th. This is your invite to connect in person with the thoughtbot team and other product leaders in South West England.
Chad Pytel and Maria Filimonova
February 18, 2026
- News
- Events
- London
A JavaScript developer's guide to Rails: Authorization with Pundit

Learn how Pundit authorization actually works in Rails, from request flow to policy scopes, with practical examples for JavaScript developers.
Will Larry
February 18, 2026
- Rails
- Authorization
- Pundit
- Ruby
- Policies
The Bike Shed Ep 494: Primitive Obsession

Joël and Sally examine the simpler components of programming and why using basic data structures may not always be the best approach to solving a problem.
Joël Quenneville and Sally Hall
February 17, 2026
- Podcast
props_template 1.0: A high performance, more opinionated jbuilder replacement

props_template 1.0: A high performance, more opinionated jbuilder replacement
Johny Ho
February 13, 2026
- Rails
- Performance
- Development
- Ruby
A JavaScript developer's guide to Rails: What is Polymorphic Rails Model?

Learn how Rails polymorphic associations work under the hood, from database schema to model setup, with clear examples for JavaScript developers new to ActiveRecord.
Will Larry
February 11, 2026
Claude Code: Production ready code in a two-week sprint

AI-generated code doesn’t have to be throwaway code. Here’s how we used Claude Code to build a fully-tested, production-quality Rails prototype in two weeks, complete with a robust test suite, clean commits, and code we were proud to have written.
Chad Pytel, Louis Antonopoulos & Michelle Taute
February 9, 2026
- AI
- Prototyping
- Rails
Teach your models to act, not just be

…or end up hunting for logic in jobs and controllers.
Matheus Richard
February 6, 2026
Announcing Michel: A scheduling gem for health tech

Remove bottlenecks to booking appointments by enabling self-scheduling within your app.
Sally Hall
February 5, 2026
- Health Tech
- Databases
- Ruby On Rails
- PostgreSQL
- Open
- Open Source
- Performance
- Web
A JavaScript developer's guide to Rails: ActiveRecord Fundamentals

Learn how Rails ActiveRecord differs from JavaScript ORMs and why the database-first approach eliminates boilerplate.
Will Larry
February 4, 2026
- Web
- Best Practices
- Ruby
- Rails
- JavaScript
- Development
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