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You've hired a consultant developer. Now what?

Great news! The consultant developer your team hired will be onboarded next week. Now what? Check out this guide for onboarding consultants for the first time.
Stefanni Brasil
November 13, 2023
- Consulting
- Communication
- Team
- Process
This Week in Open Source (November 3, 2023)

Recent thoughtbot open source updates (November 3, 2023).
Sara Jackson
November 10, 2023
Incubator update 1: Josh at Knect

Learn all about the first weeks of the thoughtbot Startup Incubator with Knect — from user research to market experiments and insights from the founder himself.
Caro Sotillo Silva
November 9, 2023
Creating a custom color control in Storybook

Learn how to create a custom color control in Storybook.
Elyse Hadid
November 2, 2023
- Guide
- Design
- JavaScript
This week in #dev (Oct 20, 2023)

Did you know that you can align text in Markdown tables? Or that you can use the repeat command in zsh to run a command multiple times? Read on to learn more!
thoughtbot
November 1, 2023
- This Week In Dev
- TIL
- Tip
- Markdown
- Zsh
- Ruby
Are you absolutely sure you know how to use the button element?

Read this the next time you need to build a complicated form.
Steve Polito
October 31, 2023
- Rails
- Web
thoughtbot Startup Incubator announces 3 founders starting the 3rd session

Learn about our new group of founders going through the thoughtbot Startup Incubator: Josh with Knect, and Mike and Chris with Goodz.
Lindsey Christensen
October 30, 2023
- Incubator
- News
- Founder
- Startup
Fifteen minutes a day for inclusive language

How fifteen minutes a day can help to create a more inclusive workspace.
Jose Blanco
October 30, 2023
- Diversity
- Inclusion
- DEI
- Inclusivity
- Communication
- Community
Understanding React Native Components

Over the past 3 weeks my colleague skilled in Ruby on Rails expressed interest in picking up React Native - in this piece we share our finding from our pairing sessions and hope it helps you better understand React Native components.
Silumesii Maboshe and Tobi Shokunbi
October 27, 2023
This Week in Open Source (October 13, 2023)

Recent thoughtbot open source updates (October 13, 2023).
Sara Jackson
October 26, 2023
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