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What my father taught me about software development

My father is a construction man. What could he teach me about being a software engineer? Well, quite a lot.
Matheus Richard
July 5, 2022
- Learning
We need to talk about fixtures

How the principle of connascence will help us to move away from fixtures.
Matheus Sales
July 4, 2022
Event Recap: Save Time & Money with Discovery Sprints

Last week we hosted a discussion to share learnings from design, dev and PM on all things Discovery Sprints. This blog highlights some of our key strategies.
Vendela Larsson, Bryce Morisako, Jason Bailey, Johny Ho & Kelly Gebo
June 30, 2022
Swag for your thoughts! (Survey for our community)

We would love to hear from our community what types of resources and events they enjoy, and if there is anything else thoughtbot can do to support your goals. In this blog we share a brief survery.
Diana Bald
June 28, 2022
Connascence as a vocabulary to discuss Coupling

How Connascence can make discussions around Coupling easier and more productive.
Matheus Sales
June 20, 2022
- Coupling
- Connascence
- Ruby
- Refactor
It's official - RSpec Training

Formalizing how we support our clients with unique to you RSpec training.
Kelly Gebo
June 15, 2022
- Ruby
- Test
- Testing
- Mentoring
Your Phone Belongs to You, You Don't Belong to It

Sometimes we can become addicted to the fast-paced nature of our industry. It doesn’t have to be this way. You can disconnect from it all, and the first step sits right in your hand.
Rob Whittaker
June 13, 2022
Upcoming Virtual Event - Save Time & Money with Discovery Sprints

Our next virtual event is coming up on June 17th. It’s a discussion with our Product Management, Design and Development discplinces digging into how they come together to save our clients time and money through effective, collaborative discovery work.
Emily Bahna
June 10, 2022
- Events
- Product Strategy
Retiring Tell Me When it Closes

In 2017 we launched Tell Me When It Closes, a service to receive a single notification when a GitHub PR is closed. GitHub has since added support for the same feature, so we’re retiring the service.
Chad Pytel
June 9, 2022
- News
Query by Duration in Active Record

How do you even save a “duration”, let alone query for records by that value? It’s actually easier than you think.
Steve Polito
June 7, 2022
- Rails
- Databases
- PostgreSQL
- Active Record
- SQL
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