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Retro-driven development

Twenty-four refactor-from-retro commits in a week. How the management system started refactoring itself.
Rob Whittaker
April 28, 2026
- AI
- Claude Code
- Management
- Gtd
- Productivity
Seven commands and the communication layer that emerged

Week three of building a management system with Claude Code. Seventeen commits in one day, a command that lasted 24 hours, and the realisation that commands are conversations.
Rob Whittaker
April 23, 2026
- AI
- Claude Code
- Management
- Gtd
- Productivity
Human vs Machine: the Bug

Sally fixes a bug without AI, then invites Claude to try.
Sally Hall
April 22, 2026
- AI
- Claude
- Rails
- Debugging
The AI stack I developed to help me context switch

How I use Obsidian, Claude Projects, and Gemini Meeting Notes to stay present when my brain has too many tabs open.
Daniel Kim
April 16, 2026
AI in Focus: A new Claude Skill for Rails code audits

Learn what happened when Chad installed the open source rails-audit-thoughtbot Claude skill, ran it on thoughtbot’s decade-old internal Hub app, and walked through hits, misses, and how we’d tighten the skill over time.
Chad Pytel and Kate Young
April 13, 2026
Sixty-six commits and the commands that didn't survive

In week two of building a management system with Claude Code, I created fifteen commands in a day. By the end of the week, I’d deleted three of them.
Rob Whittaker
April 8, 2026
How strategic product design reduces risk before you write code

Common ways projects in regulated industries fail and how thoughtbot designers proactively reduce risk.
Andrew Spencer
March 27, 2026
- Design Sprints
- Process
- AI
- Design
I copied a prompt and built a management system in a week

How I used Claude Code to build a GTD-based management system from a borrowed idea, meeting transcripts, and three days of real work.
Rob Whittaker
March 19, 2026
Observability for your LLM-powered apps: OTel Instrumentation for RubyLLM

LLM calls are black boxes in production. Learn how to add structured observability to your RubyLLM-powered app with OpenTelemetry.
Clarissa Borges
March 18, 2026
- Observability
- AI
- Llm
- Rubyllm
- Opentelemetry
- Auditability
How to launch a Lovable MVP in 2026

AI tools can spin up polished apps in a weekend, but speed makes it easier than ever to build the wrong thing. Here’s how to turn a “Lovable MVP” prototype into a real product that delivers value.
Ran Craycraft
March 16, 2026
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