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Crafting interfaces that empower users.

User interfaces enable or frustrate users. Good UIs empower users by making goals achievable, bad ones make users feel lost and helpless. This article discusses how to craft empowering UIs.
Moses Amama
June 15, 2023
This Week in Open Source (June 9, 2023)

Recent thoughtbot open source updates (June 9, 2023).
Sara Jackson
June 12, 2023
🎉 thoughtbot20: An Open-Source Path to thoughtbot

Open-source paths lead to thoughtbot. Share your open-path story and be entered into a drawing for anniversary swag!
Stephanie Kuroda
June 9, 2023
🎉 thoughtbot20: A 20th Anniversary eBook

In celebration of our 20th Anniversary, we’ve selected 20 amazing articles from our blog and compiled them into a beautiful 78-page PDF book.
Chad Pytel
June 6, 2023
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4 Strategies To Remove Dead Code from your Ruby App

How much does it cost you to carry dead code? How do you find and remove zombie Ruby code? Use these 4 strategies to kill out all the dead code in your Ruby application.
Stefanni Brasil
June 6, 2023
- Ruby
- Rails
- Development
🎉thoughtbot20: Live AMA with thoughtbot Developers

Join a panel of thoughtbot developers in a Live AMA event in celebration of thoughtbot turning 20 on June 23rd, 2023!
Mina Slater
June 5, 2023
Are you absolutely sure your `has_one` association really has one association?

Learn about an unexpected limitation with this API and how to combat it universally.
Steve Polito
June 5, 2023
🎉 thoughtbot20: Happy 20th Anniversary, thoughtbot!

Today is thoughtbot’s 20th Anniversary! Thank you for everything, and we hope you’ll celebrate with us.
Chad Pytel and Stephanie Kuroda
June 2, 2023
Applications for the thoughtbot Startup Incubator are open again!

Everything you need to know about submitting your product idea for the thoughtbot incubator. Plus, we’ve opened up the program to Europe, West Asia and Africa! Applications close on June 7th - learn more.
Lindsey Christensen
June 1, 2023
This Week in Open Source (May 26, 2023)

Recent thoughtbot open source updates (May 26, 2023).
Sara Jackson
May 29, 2023
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