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thoughtbot incubator announces selection for second session

Learn about the founder going through the second session of thoughtbot’s startup incubator and the business idea she will be testing.
Lindsey Christensen
July 27, 2023
- Startup
- Incubator
- News
Are you absolutely sure your Rails caching strategy isn't leaking sensitive information?

Rails writes a new cache entry based on the first request. But what happens when that request is from an admin?
Steve Polito
July 26, 2023
- Rails
- Ruby
- Web
- Security
This week in #dev (Jul 14, 2023)

Lots of Active Record goodies, VS Code features, and a Heroku CLI extension.
thoughtbot
July 25, 2023
- This Week In Dev
- Rails
- Vs Code
- Security
- Heroku
Up and running with WebSocket

WebSockets best shines in situations where real time communication is important, you can see notable examples in chat applications and even Multiplayer gaming. In this piece I will be showing you how to create your own WebSocket server and client.
Tobi Shokunbi
July 24, 2023
- Websockets
- Node.js
- HTML
- ExpressJS
This Week in Open Source (July 21, 2023)

Recent thoughtbot open source updates (July 21, 2023).
Sara Jackson
July 22, 2023
Implementing deep linking in React Native: A quick step-by-step guide

A quick step-by-step guide on implementing deep linking in a React Native application, enabling users to seamlessly access specific screens or content within the app.
Diego Oliveira
July 21, 2023
- Mobile
- React Native
Git Interactive Rebase, Squash, Amend and Other Ways of Rewriting History has been Updated

Read it again today to learn the git tools that will allow you to keep a clean git history, how to use them, and why they should be handled with care.
Stefanni Brasil
July 21, 2023
- News
Building Value Objects in Rails with composed_of

Learn how to improve the interface of your existing Active Record Models with this underutilized API.
Steve Polito
July 20, 2023
- Rails
- Ruby
- Web
- Active Record
- Good Code
How a React Developer Transitioned to React Native

For the past several years, I’ve been building mobile apps using React Native. It was a long road getting to where I felt comfortable and competent working in this space.
Stephen Hanson
July 19, 2023
- React Native
- React
- JavaScript
- Mobile
This week in #dev (Jul 7, 2023)

Highlights of what happened in thoughtbot’s #dev channel on Slack this week.
thoughtbot
July 19, 2023
- This Week In Dev
- Rails
- Ruby
- Git
- Testing
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