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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
thoughtbot presentations & good vibes from RailsConf 2022

thoughtbot has been a passionate and active participant in the Ruby on Rails community and are proud to be a contributor in the open source community. Each year thoughtbot participates in RailsConf and were fortunate enough this year to have a few thoughtbotters join as speakers.
Kelly Gebo
June 2, 2022
- Ruby
- Events
New Service - Mobile App Optimization

Our new Mobile App Optimization service allows clients to bring in thoughtbot’s expertise to navigate three primary verticals: Design, Development and Product Strategy.
Kelly Gebo
May 26, 2022
thoughtbot Design Link Pack: April 2022

What are the thoughtbot designers reading and sharing this month?
Elaina Natario and Alex Chen
May 16, 2022
- Design
- Inspiration
A Case for Query Objects in Rails

When is it best to reach for query objects and how can we best structure them?
Thiago Araújo Silva
May 13, 2022
- Rails
- Ruby
- Query Objects
Steal this interview script

A boilerplate script for 1:1 remote user interviews.
Elaina Natario
May 3, 2022
Using HTTPListener to build a HTTP Server in C#

I needed an HTTP server to test out a software integration on Windows. Nothing was quite basic enough to just echo out the responses, so I wrote one.
Nick Charlton
April 29, 2022
- C#
- Windows
- HTTP
Tips for Using FactoryBot Without an ORM

Exploring how to use FactoryBot effectively with models backed by plain Ruby objects.
Oli Peate
April 28, 2022
- Factory Girl
- Factory Bot
- Ruby
- Rails
- Web
Testing Techniques: The I/O Table

Leverage the power of the I/O table mindset to make your tests as maintainable and readable as possible.
Thiago Araújo Silva
April 21, 2022
- Testing
- Ruby
- Databases
- PostgreSQL
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