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Ruby safe navigation

Ruby’s safe navigation can hide some subtle edge cases. We explore approaches to think about conditional logic, alternatives to &., and when &. is the best tool for the job.
Joël Quenneville
October 13, 2021
- Development
- Web
- Ruby
Models That Match Reality

When modeling a domain, it’s important to have our model actually match reality.
Joël Quenneville
October 12, 2021
- Design
- Web
- Elm
- Ruby
- Modeling
Fewer Operations on Custom Types is Valuable

Less is more. Wrapping primitives in custom types restricts your available operations and that’s a good thing.
Joël Quenneville
October 11, 2021
- Elm
- Ruby
- Web
Who is empowered by your API design?

Analysing API design through lens of skill floors and ceilings can help us think about the impact of adding a feature.
Joël Quenneville
October 7, 2021
- Design
- Web
- F#
Rubocop: Custom Cops for Custom Needs

Parsers, grepping, ASCII art, and how that helps you automating boring stuff.
Matheus Richard
October 5, 2021
- Rubocop
- Linters
- Rails
- Ruby
Using a Function Design Recipe to Debug

Ever notice how some of your bugs are annoyingly simple once you find them? Use this six-step checklist to skip straight through to harder problems.
Mike Burns
October 1, 2021
- Debugging
- Debugging Series 2021
The Curse of Knowledge

Ever played Charades and acted out the perfect mime to ‘James Bond’, only to be met with blank stares? That moment when you wonder “Are my friends fools!?”, that’s the curse of knowledge.
Jared Turner
September 28, 2021
How Validating Your Idea First Can Save You Money

We walk through the importance of product validation and how we’ve seen it succesfully save founders time and money in planning their first version product.
Kelly Gebo
September 21, 2021
Seeking Product Managers who love launching NEW products and NEW product teams.

thoughtbot is growing our Product Management Team. Please see our current open positions.
Emily Bahna
September 20, 2021
Hotwire: Typeahead searching

Build a search-as-you-type text box with Turbo, Stimulus, and Rails.
Sean Doyle
September 17, 2021
- Hotwire
- Rails
- Turbo
- Stimulus
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