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How to stub Feature Flags with RSpec

Are your feature flags states leaking between your test cases? Stub them all to make your test suite more reliable. Here’s how.
Stefanni Brasil and Elias Rodrigues
February 3, 2023
- Testing
- RSpec
- Rails
- Web
Avoid Merging RSpec "Focused" Tests

Use RSpec’s Focus filter without fear of accidentally turning CI into a single-test false positive.
Stephanie Viccari
February 2, 2023
- RSpec
- Testing
Building Custom RSpec Matchers with Regular Objects

RSpec custom matchers can be written using plain old objects.
Joël Quenneville
February 1, 2023
- Testing
- Ruby
- Rails
Custom React Hooks and When to Use Them

Custom hooks are one of the most underused React abstractions. Let’s explore when it makes sense to use them compared to other abstractions.
Stephen Hanson
January 31, 2023
- React
- JavaScript
- Web
CI/CD: Automating Tests and Deployments the Fun Way

Running tests and managing deployments can be a tediously manual process or overwhelming to automate with all the available platforms and tools to choose from. We at thoughtbot want to share how our process has made CI/CD simple and enjoyable.
Victoria Guido and Christopher Kuttruff
January 30, 2023
- Kubernetes
- Testing
- Automation
- Git
- Deployment
- CI
- CI/CD
- AWS
- Docker
- Process
DevOps and Resiliency in HealthTech Panel Event Recap

Victoria moderated a panel of healthcare technology founders and lead engineers on the acceleration of DevOps adoption into Healthcare Industry during the pandemic.
Joe Ferris and Victoria Guido
January 27, 2023
- DevOps
- Health Tech
- Resiliency
- Events
Ask thoughtbot CTO - All About CI / CD

Our DevOps, SRE & Cloud Platform team talks with thoughtbot CTO Joe Ferris about questions related to continuous integration and continuous delivery practices at thoughtbot and how they have evolved over time.
Joe Ferris, Akshith Yellapragada, Victoria Guido & Christopher Kuttruff
January 26, 2023
Handling external API errors: A resumable approach

Clarifying a few possible ways to implement resumable workflows when working with external APIs.
Thiago Araújo Silva
January 24, 2023
My adventure with Async Ruby

I used the async gem to speed up a portion of my app. Here’s how it went and my thoughts on the gem.
Matheus Richard
January 23, 2023
- Ruby
- Concurrency
Rails developers write some Rust: a review of Axum 0.6

Is Rust Web yet? We used our Rails knowledge to try writing a Web application in Axum in two days.
Mike Burns, Dimiter Petrov & George Kosmopoulos
January 16, 2023
- Web
- Rust
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