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This week in #dev (Jul 28, 2023)

Creating reusable components with vanilla JS, checking feature compatibility across email clients, and more!
thoughtbot
August 7, 2023
- This Week In Dev
- JavaScript
- Tip
- Email
- Stimulus
- Git
Implementing dark mode in React Native

Supporting dark mode is more important than ever as users come to expect this functionality. This guide will explain how it can be done!
Stephen Hanson
August 4, 2023
- React Native
- React
- JavaScript
- Mobile
Event Recap: Open Source Festival - Lagos, Nigeria

Highlights of attending the Open Source Festival in Lagos, Nigeria.
Olamide Olaoye and Victoria Guido
August 1, 2023
- Serverless
- DevOps
- Open
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Building Great Teams - One Recruiter’s Rambling Thoughts on Inclusive Hiring

An overview of our own hiring process and how we weave in inclusive hiring best practice throughout.
Neal Campbell
July 28, 2023
- DEI
- Inclusion
- Hiring
- Teams
- Process
Build products for real life

Real life is messy and diverse. Create access and inclusion by designing and building for that reality, and ensure the success of your product along the way.
Caro Sotillo Silva
July 28, 2023
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
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