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Giant Robots Ep 578: We need to understand how it works with Luisa Herrmann

Chad and Luisa Herrmann, founder of AINovva, sit down and attempt to demystify the “magic” of AI.
Chad Pytel
June 12, 2025
- Podcast
Can AI rebuild a Rails page in Next.js? We tried it

A recap of our live stream experiment where we used Cursor to rebuild a Rails page in Next.js.
Jimmy Thigpen
June 12, 2025
- Experiments
- AI
- NextJS
- Ruby On Rails
I just want to click the button

Intuition often wins over familiarity.
Elaina Natario
June 11, 2025
Prevent logging sensitive information in Rails, and beyond

The Rails defaults are a good foundation, but it’s still your responsibility to filter sensitive information from logs when using external APIs, services, and tools.
Steve Polito
June 10, 2025
- Rails
- Web
- Security
Building a Rails Feature with AI and Active Job

Exploring how structured function calls to an LLM can replace a dedicated CRM enrichment service in thoughtbot’s internal Rails app.
Chad Pytel and Kate Young
June 9, 2025
- AI
- Rails
- TDD
- Language Models
- Llm
- Large Language Models
6 key insights from Dublin Tech Summit 2025

Here are 6 key insights I took from Dublin Tech Summit along with 6 cool companies worth checking out!
Ferdia Kenny
June 6, 2025
- Conferences
- Artificial Intelligence
Giant Robots Ep 577: Driving Innovation: Jack Burrows on Cars, Tech, and the Future of Carwow

It’s time to start your engines as Sami talks with Jack Burrows, product director at CarWow, about the tricky world of buying and selling cars.
Sami Birnbaum
June 5, 2025
- Podcast
Building Strong Rails Teams: Join our hiring roundtable

June 18 at 12pm ET - Join thoughtbot CEO Chad Pytel for a candid roundtable on hiring senior Rails developers, with a focus on fairness, speed, and culture add.
Lindsey Christensen
June 5, 2025
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Watch where you walk by planning experiments

Developers often follow a plan that assumes that learning is done before they start writing code. This is similar to choosing a destination and then walking with closed eyes. Keep your eyes open by planning experiments instead.
Fritz Meissner
June 5, 2025
Designing for an aging population: Unlocking market opportunities through user research

The longevity market is booming. Are you listening closely enough?
Emily Bahna
June 4, 2025
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