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Multi-thread Backtrace for Silently Hanging Tests

Tests hanging with no feedback on how to solve the problem? Try this!
Aji Slater
September 20, 2023
- rspec
- minitest
- debugging
This Week in Open Source (September 14, 2023)

Recent thoughtbot open source updates (September 14, 2023).
Sara Jackson
September 16, 2023
Mining Gold in Digital Conversations

How I used artificial intelligence and async programming to transform interesting conversations into blog posts.
Matheus Richard
September 12, 2023
Asking the Right Questions After a Demo

Product demos are crucial in development. They offer insight into team progress and align stakeholder expectations. Yet, we sometimes need more than showcasing the product. Vital to success is asking stakeholders some practical questions.
Rob Whittaker
September 6, 2023
factory_bot 6.3.0

factory_bot 6.3.0 is out, with Ruby 3.2 support, better docs, and more hooks.
Mike Burns
September 5, 2023
A Peek Behind the Curtain of Our New Open Source Page

How did we build the new Open Source page?
Joël Quenneville and Neil Carvalho
September 4, 2023
- ruby
- open source
- web
This Week in Open Source (September 1, 2023)

Recent thoughtbot open source updates (September 1, 2023).
Sara Jackson
September 2, 2023
Week 4 of thoughtbot Startup Incubator: AvidFirst

The AvidFirst team is starting to crystallize the product idea through constant research and interviewing.
Dave Iverson
September 1, 2023
What does a developer do during a product discovery sprint?

How to help your team discover the right product using your technical know-how.
Dave Iverson
September 1, 2023
Speed up your Rack application with HTTP

You don’t need a sophisticated caching mechanism to improve your application’s performance. All you need is a basic understanding of the HTTP specification.
Steve Polito
August 31, 2023
- rack
- rack tutorial
- ruby
- web