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Between immutability and memoization, you might have to choose

It is not always possible to have frozen AND performant objects in Ruby.
Rémy Hannequin
April 22, 2025
- Ruby
- Performance
Making the case for Rails monoliths over microservices

A cautionary tale of a CTO and microservices. Here are some considerations that should be made before splitting a Rails monolith.
Sara Jackson
April 21, 2025
Comparing development AI tools

Cursor, GitHub Copilot and Windsurf. Are all of them the same?
Jose Blanco
April 18, 2025
Giant Robots Ep 570: Rolling for Initiative with Chad, Will and Sami

Chad, Will and Sami discuss life outside of thoughtbot and the hobbies that occupy them in their down time.
Chad Pytel, Will Larry & Sami Birnbaum
April 17, 2025
- Podcast
Faster feedback loops with Rails Runner

Don’t waste one more second coding in the Rails console.
Steve Polito
April 17, 2025
- Rails
- Web
AI for Business: How to harness AI

How and where to add AI to your processes to digitally transform your business.
Ferdia Kenny
April 16, 2025
The Bike Shed Ep 459: Paper Data Structures with Sally Hall

Joël and thoughtbot colleague Sally Hall set out to find an answer to the question, what exactly are the differences between paper data structures and digital ones?
Joël Quenneville
April 15, 2025
- Podcast
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
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