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Code audits in the days of AI - A new Claude skill

Run a code audit on your Rails app using thoughtbot’s best practices with this new Claude skill.
Jose Blanco
January 20, 2026
This week in #dev (Jan 9, 2026)

Overriding Rails credentials, a helper to submit forms with images and how to count tests with rspec’s –dry-run option.
thoughtbot
January 19, 2026
- This Week In Dev
- TIL
- Testing
- Rails
Our UK Tech Leader Tour

In addition to our regular tech leader event in London, we’re partnering with local tech leaders to bring the event to Manchester, Bristol, Brighton, and Edinburgh this year.
Chad Pytel, Rob Whittaker & Maria Filimonova
January 16, 2026
- Events
- London
Giant Robots Podcast Ep 599: Be Bold

Chad and Will start the new year off right by discussing their aspirations for 2026.
Chad Pytel and Will Larry
January 15, 2026
- Podcast
A JavaScript Developer's Guide to Rails - Series Introduction

Where does current_user come from? Why is there no import? A series for JavaScript developers learning Rails.
Will Larry
January 14, 2026
- Rails
- JavaScript
- Development
- Learning
Building programmable QA with AI

What’s one of the biggest challenges with using AI for QA? It’s the lack of programmability. We set out to find a solution by pairing Playwright MCP with several different LLM models. Find out where we landed.
Chad Pytel, Clarissa Borges & Michelle Taute
January 14, 2026
- AI
- Automation
- Llm
The Bike Shed Ep 489: What makes a codebase welcoming

Joël and Sally tidy up the place as they discuss the different ways a new codebase and team can feel welcoming to them.
Joël Quenneville and Sally Hall
January 13, 2026
- Podcast
Rapid prototyping with Claude Code: How we transformed our design sprint process

We’ve been running product design sprints for over a decade. Now Claude and Claude Code are helping us prototype faster than ever—without sacrificing quality. Here’s how we built a working prototype in hours, not days.
Chad Pytel, Kevin Kwon & Michelle Taute
January 13, 2026
Prevent the Robocalypse with Claude Code and TDD

Write tests first or watch Claude blow everything up. Your choice.
Louis Antonopoulos
January 12, 2026
- Ruby
- Rails
- AI
- Llm
ChatGPT agent: Experimenting with QA automation

Doing manual QA can be slow and tedious, but can ChatGPT agent handle real product QA? We ran a few experiments checking FrontrowMD widgets across sample web pages and discovered a lot of potential—plus a few pitfalls.
Chad Pytel, Michelle Taute & Yaser Mahmoud
January 6, 2026
- AI
- Automation
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