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Things We Learned (& loved) From ProductCon

After attending ProductCon, we wanted to share some of our favorite takeaways.
Kelly Gebo
February 24, 2021
React Server Components: What are They?

React Server Components provide a seamless mechanism for rendering components on the server at any point in the app lifecycle. Should you experiment on this?
Rakesh Arunachalam
February 23, 2021
- React
- JavaScript
- Web
What is design debt?

Paying down your product design debt enables you to hit the product metrics you are working towards like acquisition and retention. Let’s take a look at what design debt encompasses and some small projects to get you started.
Lindsey Christensen
February 22, 2021
How 3 hours of conversation saved a company hundreds of thousands of dollars

De-risking ideas early and often is an effective, enlightening way of figuring out the how.
Eric Bailey
February 19, 2021
Simplifying Tests by Extracting Side-Effects

Test-driven development, object-oriented design, and functional programming converge on some similar ideas.
Joël Quenneville
February 18, 2021
- Web
- Ruby
- TDD
- Testing
- Functional Programming
- Good Code
Understanding SQL GROUP BY

Finally, you too can understand how to use GROUP BY in your SQL queries.
Edward Loveall
February 17, 2021
- SQL
Understanding SQL JOIN

A mental model to understand SQL’s JOIN.
Edward Loveall
February 16, 2021
- SQL
Understanding SQL SELECT and WHERE

See WHERE and SELECT visualized in this SQL primer.
Edward Loveall
February 15, 2021
- SQL
Why You Shouldn't Build a Mobile App

Only a fool would build a mobile app!…without making sure they should.
Louis Antonopoulos
February 12, 2021
- Android
- iOS
- Mobile
- Product
- Product Design Sprint
Learn about some big changes at thoughtbot

thoughtbot has a new CEO, is remote-first, and we’ve reorganized our teams. Ask us anything!
Lindsey Christensen
February 11, 2021
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