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thoughtbot Apprenticeship Applications for Europe, West Asia and Africa for 2023 Are Now Open

Applications are now open for our first 2023 Apprenticeships. This is our paid, junior-level position providing structured support and mentorship to get you to be a billable thoughtbot Designer or Ruby on Rails Developer.
Rob Whittaker
December 28, 2022
This week in #dev (Dec 16, 2022)

Highlights of what happened in our #dev channel on Slack this week.
thoughtbot
December 27, 2022
- This Week In Dev
- Rails
- Ruby
- JavaScript
- TIL
In praise of verbosity

I often find myself running into mysterious command line errors as I install different development dependencies over and over. Fortunately many commands have an option for verbose output that gives more insight.
Fritz Meissner
December 26, 2022
- Tips
- Troubleshooting
Pro-Bono Customer Discovery Sprint - Applications Open

Applications are now open to SBIR + STTR Grant Recipients for a pro-bono sprint that is designed to set you up for future growth and fundraising.
Jordyn Bonds
December 23, 2022
Convert Fahrenheit and Celsius: The easy way

Converting temperatures between Fahrenheit and Celsius is hard - this formula makes it easier.
Stephanie Kuroda
December 22, 2022
How to validate the presence of a boolean field in a Rails model

A subtle bug happens when validating the presence of boolean fields in Rails. Here’s how to find it before it hits production.
Stefanni Brasil
December 21, 2022
- Testing
- Ruby
- Rails
This week in #dev (Dec 2, 2022)

Running shell commands in Ruby, truly random numbers, fixing flaky tests, and how to get the most out of TypeScript.
thoughtbot
December 20, 2022
- This Week In Dev
- Testing
- Ruby
- TypeScript
- TIL
- Tip
Case Equality Operator in Ruby

An introduction to the === method in Ruby, and how it works in case expressions and beyond them.
Neil Carvalho
December 19, 2022
- Ruby
- Development
How to Fix Rails 6.1 'Initialization autoloaded the constants' Warning Messages

Got autoloading during initialization warning messages in your Rails 6.1 app? It’s time to_prepare for the next version.
Stefanni Brasil
December 15, 2022
- Rails Upgrade
- Rails
- Ruby
- Web
Keeping it simple

A reminder that code is a step in a process, not an end in itself.
Matheus Richard
December 14, 2022
- Ruby
- Refactoring
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