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5 things to avoid when hiring your MVP team

Here are the biggest mistakes (& how to avoid them!) when looking to hire the right team to build your MVP.
Kelly Gebo
April 15, 2025
Tools and resources our designers are using right now

A list of what tools and resources are most relevant for our designers right now.
Vendela Colavecchio
April 14, 2025
- Design
- Tools
- Resource
Ruby Strings: DnD Alignment chart

Some characters just want to watch the world burn.
Joël Quenneville
April 11, 2025
- Ruby
Giant Robots Ep 569: Automation is king with Karen King

Chad talks with Karen King, Founder of Gold Star Pro, about her drive to help small business owners reach their full potential.
Chad Pytel
April 10, 2025
- Podcast
How to respect OpenAI's rate limits in Rails

As it turns out, OpenAI’s rate limits are a little more complicated than other APIs.
Steve Polito
April 10, 2025
AI for Business: A history of Artificial Intelligence

To understand where AI might be headed, we should first revisit the past to see where it has come from and how it got here.
Ferdia Kenny
April 9, 2025
My key takeaways from the All Things Open.AI conference

New things we learned and tips for getting started with AI from the All Things Open Conference.
Emily Bahna
April 9, 2025
Going beyond AI prototyping: Lessons from SXSW

Learn how to turn AI prototypes into real product value. Insights from SXSW 2025 on managing AI tools, solving the last-mile problem, and building scalable AI features.
Lindsey Christensen
April 8, 2025
Avoiding N+1 queries the Railsy way with strict loading

Need to catch N+1 queries without adding any extra dependencies to your project? Strict Loading makes it effortless, but your configurations need to be set up correctly to avoid unexpected behaviors.
Trésor Bireke
April 7, 2025
- Ruby
- Rails
- Refactoring
- Development
Designing better organizations enabled by AI: Lessons from SXSW

SXSW 2025 was all about real-world AI implementations. Here are some examples and insights around team collaboration, feedback systems, and open source governance.
Lindsey Christensen
April 6, 2025
- AI
- Artificial Intelligence
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