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Tools for AI assisted Software development

Reduce friction interacting with AI during software development. These plugins can become your essential tools.
Rakesh Arunachalam
August 4, 2025
This week in #dev (Jul 25, 2025)

How to read Rails Guides in your favorite e-reader, and an easy way to let Copilot see your changes.
thoughtbot
August 1, 2025
What to put in an investor pitch deck (especially for first-time founders)

A practical guide for first-time founders building their first investor pitch deck. Learn what to include, what investors actually care about, and how to structure your slides to tell a clear, confident story.
Bethan Ashley
July 25, 2025
Staying agile in regulated industries: how to stay compliant while moving fast

Think staying agile isn’t possible in a regulated industry? Whether you’re an early-stage startup or a growing product team, being agile can help you move faster and stay compliant.
Kelly Gebo
July 23, 2025
The Bike Shed Ep 468: RailsConf Recap with Tess Griffin

Joël sits down with Tess Griffin as they take a moment to recap the very last RailsConf together.
Joël Quenneville and Tess Griffin
July 22, 2025
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AI in Focus: Refactoring Rails with AI tools

Exploring how Github Copilot can help identify and fix Ruby on Rails AntiPatterns, and the challenges of using AI for complex refactoring tasks.
Chad Pytel, Sarah Lima & Kate Young
July 22, 2025
From Rails to JavaScript: A spectrum of integration options

Learn how various approaches to integrating JavaScript with Ruby on Rails present unique affordances towards handling presentational concerns and vary in how they support system requirements.
Valerie Burzynski
July 21, 2025
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Giant Robots Ep 583: Solid Queue with Rosa Gutierrez from 37Signals

Sami goes behind the scenes of Ruby on Rails with Rosa Gutierrez, principle programer at 37Signals, to discover what its like to work on one of the most widely used frameworks out there.
Sami Birnbaum
July 17, 2025
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The hard truth about soft deletion

Why soft deletion comes with a higher price than you might think.

Sally Hall
July 16, 2025
A thread-safety gotcha with CurrentAttributes

How memoization inside CurrentAttributes caused user data to leak between requests.
Justin Toniazzo
July 15, 2025
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