Fresh from the thoughtbot experimentation labs, check out Spinelcraft, a Minecraft-like experiment built by Senior Developer Matheus Richard.
He used Ruby and the Spinel compiler to create a 3D game, and explored AI-assisted coding. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgh5...
He used Ruby and the Spinel compiler to create a 3D game, and explored AI-assisted coding. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgh5...
Spinelcraft (Demo)
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November 11, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Fresh from the thoughtbot experimentation labs, check out Spinelcraft, a Minecraft-like experiment built by Senior Developer Matheus Richard.
He used Ruby and the Spinel compiler to create a 3D game, and explored AI-assisted coding. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgh5...
He used Ruby and the Spinel compiler to create a 3D game, and explored AI-assisted coding. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgh5...
What does a day at thoughtbot actually look like? We're kicking off our Day in the Life series with Design Director Vendela Colavecchio. From working through client decisions to mentoring designers and exploring new ideas, here's a peek at the people behind the work.
November 9, 2026 at 5:46 PM
What does a day at thoughtbot actually look like? We're kicking off our Day in the Life series with Design Director Vendela Colavecchio. From working through client decisions to mentoring designers and exploring new ideas, here's a peek at the people behind the work.
Find it interesting how we are doing what was already established in projects through git hooks or others.
Feels a bit like a reinvention. I get why but still surprises me.
Thoughtbot post about enforcing guides/lint for agents.
enlacito.co/IuwqPj
Feels a bit like a reinvention. I get why but still surprises me.
Thoughtbot post about enforcing guides/lint for agents.
enlacito.co/IuwqPj
Enforcing Your Ruby Style Guide on AI-Generated Code
enlacito.co
November 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Find it interesting how we are doing what was already established in projects through git hooks or others.
Feels a bit like a reinvention. I get why but still surprises me.
Thoughtbot post about enforcing guides/lint for agents.
enlacito.co/IuwqPj
Feels a bit like a reinvention. I get why but still surprises me.
Thoughtbot post about enforcing guides/lint for agents.
enlacito.co/IuwqPj
Just past week I created a skill for myself to have dependabot prs reviewed, tested, and merged (if ok).
Found this in Thoughtbot blog: enlacito.co/20O8Yj
(Btw, post feels LLM generated, which is a bit off putting)
Found this in Thoughtbot blog: enlacito.co/20O8Yj
(Btw, post feels LLM generated, which is a bit off putting)
Reviewing Dependabot PRs is boring. Let Claude do it for you.
enlacito.co
November 9, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Just past week I created a skill for myself to have dependabot prs reviewed, tested, and merged (if ok).
Found this in Thoughtbot blog: enlacito.co/20O8Yj
(Btw, post feels LLM generated, which is a bit off putting)
Found this in Thoughtbot blog: enlacito.co/20O8Yj
(Btw, post feels LLM generated, which is a bit off putting)
For multiple Rails upgrades I did past week I had an agent take screenshots using Playwright. It's very cool what it can do, also fast.
Well, just found out this not-too-old Thoughtbot post about Playwright Trace Viewer. I think I'm setting this in my repos soon.
Blog post: enlacito.co/9zH4i5
Well, just found out this not-too-old Thoughtbot post about Playwright Trace Viewer. I think I'm setting this in my repos soon.
Blog post: enlacito.co/9zH4i5
The Playwright debugging tool Rails devs aren't using
enlacito.co
November 6, 2026 at 3:21 PM
For multiple Rails upgrades I did past week I had an agent take screenshots using Playwright. It's very cool what it can do, also fast.
Well, just found out this not-too-old Thoughtbot post about Playwright Trace Viewer. I think I'm setting this in my repos soon.
Blog post: enlacito.co/9zH4i5
Well, just found out this not-too-old Thoughtbot post about Playwright Trace Viewer. I think I'm setting this in my repos soon.
Blog post: enlacito.co/9zH4i5
When thoughtbot is part of your team, the work is about more than shipping. It’s about understanding what your team really needs, asking the right questions, making thoughtful decisions, and being willing to challenge the obvious path when there’s a better one.
November 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
When thoughtbot is part of your team, the work is about more than shipping. It’s about understanding what your team really needs, asking the right questions, making thoughtful decisions, and being willing to challenge the obvious path when there’s a better one.
This lightning talk was too good not to share. thoughtbot designer shares a few lessons from choir directing that carry over into her work with clients and teammates. She even got the whole thoughtbot team singing in harmony! Watch the full talk here: youtu.be/rl6tAqhr-iY?...
October 30, 2026 at 6:31 PM
This lightning talk was too good not to share. thoughtbot designer shares a few lessons from choir directing that carry over into her work with clients and teammates. She even got the whole thoughtbot team singing in harmony! Watch the full talk here: youtu.be/rl6tAqhr-iY?...
During our virtual panel with @Merck, thoughtbot Senior Developer Clarissa Borges shared one way we’re building privacy into the experience from day zero by identifying and filtering sensitive information before it reaches an LLM.
October 26, 2026 at 7:04 PM
During our virtual panel with @Merck, thoughtbot Senior Developer Clarissa Borges shared one way we’re building privacy into the experience from day zero by identifying and filtering sensitive information before it reaches an LLM.
Design engineer who loves sitting at the intersection of design and code. I write at neamonitak.is about typography, design systems and the checks that keep a site honest. Starting a series tomorrow on what printers’ proofs can teach the web.
Steven Neamonitakis | Design Engineer
Design engineer working across research, product design, and front-end engineering. Most recently Arbor at Linktree; previously Design Director at thoughtbot.
neamonitak.is
October 16, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Design engineer who loves sitting at the intersection of design and code. I write at neamonitak.is about typography, design systems and the checks that keep a site honest. Starting a series tomorrow on what printers’ proofs can teach the web.
Clean architecture is a lot easier when you get to start from scratch. David Pace shares how @Merck is bringing modern technology together with years of existing systems and data during our healthcare virtual panel. #SoftwareArchitecture #SoftwareEngineering #HealthTech #thoughtbot
October 15, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Clean architecture is a lot easier when you get to start from scratch. David Pace shares how @Merck is bringing modern technology together with years of existing systems and data during our healthcare virtual panel. #SoftwareArchitecture #SoftwareEngineering #HealthTech #thoughtbot
It's ironic that thoughtbot came from the days when the bots did not thought
October 14, 2026 at 3:11 AM
It's ironic that thoughtbot came from the days when the bots did not thought
We're back for another North West Ruby User Group in Manchester tonight!
Rob Whittaker from thoughtbot will take us through one of his hot-takes: VCR does more damage than good, and there are imperfectly better ways to stub your external requests in your test suite.
nwrug.org/events/its-t...
Rob Whittaker from thoughtbot will take us through one of his hot-takes: VCR does more damage than good, and there are imperfectly better ways to stub your external requests in your test suite.
nwrug.org/events/its-t...
NWRUG Event: It's Time to Bin Your VCR, Thursday 15th October
This month (October 2026), Rob Whittaker will take us through one of his hot-takes: VCR does more damage than good, and there are imperfectly better ways to ...
nwrug.org
October 15, 2026 at 8:06 AM
We're back for another North West Ruby User Group in Manchester tonight!
Rob Whittaker from thoughtbot will take us through one of his hot-takes: VCR does more damage than good, and there are imperfectly better ways to stub your external requests in your test suite.
nwrug.org/events/its-t...
Rob Whittaker from thoughtbot will take us through one of his hot-takes: VCR does more damage than good, and there are imperfectly better ways to stub your external requests in your test suite.
nwrug.org/events/its-t...
Good cross-functional teams don’t need to agree on everything.
For MilesMe, design, product, and development debated the details while working toward the same goal. Make a complex experience feel simple for the user.
#ProductDesign #ProductDevelopment #UXDesign #ProductStrategy #thoughtbot
For MilesMe, design, product, and development debated the details while working toward the same goal. Make a complex experience feel simple for the user.
#ProductDesign #ProductDevelopment #UXDesign #ProductStrategy #thoughtbot
October 13, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Good cross-functional teams don’t need to agree on everything.
For MilesMe, design, product, and development debated the details while working toward the same goal. Make a complex experience feel simple for the user.
#ProductDesign #ProductDevelopment #UXDesign #ProductStrategy #thoughtbot
For MilesMe, design, product, and development debated the details while working toward the same goal. Make a complex experience feel simple for the user.
#ProductDesign #ProductDevelopment #UXDesign #ProductStrategy #thoughtbot
AI makes code faster and cheaper to produce. Premium consultancies need to offer more: experienced judgment, the right capabilities, and people who help teams solve the right problems and make better decisions.
Don’t hire thoughtbot to write code
AI makes code faster and cheaper to produce. Premium consultancies need to offer more: experienced judgment, the right capabilities, and people who help teams solve the right problems and make better...
thoughtbot.com
October 10, 2026 at 6:38 AM
AI makes code faster and cheaper to produce. Premium consultancies need to offer more: experienced judgment, the right capabilities, and people who help teams solve the right problems and make better decisions.
Join thoughtbot and engineering, product, and technology leaders in London for informal evenings of networking.
Join us for our Tech Leader Meetups in London this autumn
Join thoughtbot and engineering, product, and technology leaders in London for informal evenings of networking.
thoughtbot.com
October 8, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Join thoughtbot and engineering, product, and technology leaders in London for informal evenings of networking.
Fork, Contribute, Deprecate gets a little harder when you actually like all 3 options. We gave developers at Rails World Homebrew, RubyGems, and Bundler and got some changed minds and very reluctant deprecations. Where do you land? #RailsWorld #Homebrew #RubyGems #Bundler #thoughtbot
October 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Fork, Contribute, Deprecate gets a little harder when you actually like all 3 options. We gave developers at Rails World Homebrew, RubyGems, and Bundler and got some changed minds and very reluctant deprecations. Where do you land? #RailsWorld #Homebrew #RubyGems #Bundler #thoughtbot
Our The State of Software Delivery in Healthcare was featured by One Page Love for its design, typography, and interactive details.
thoughtbot Design Team Lead @Elaina Natario put a lot of thought into making some pretty dense research feel clear, approachable, and worth exploring.
thoughtbot Design Team Lead @Elaina Natario put a lot of thought into making some pretty dense research feel clear, approachable, and worth exploring.
October 6, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Our The State of Software Delivery in Healthcare was featured by One Page Love for its design, typography, and interactive details.
thoughtbot Design Team Lead @Elaina Natario put a lot of thought into making some pretty dense research feel clear, approachable, and worth exploring.
thoughtbot Design Team Lead @Elaina Natario put a lot of thought into making some pretty dense research feel clear, approachable, and worth exploring.
Still reminiscing about our event last week during Rails World. 🤩 Thanks to everyone who came out from Rails World, our Austin friends and even some thoughtbot alumni! Who knows… Ruby Underground might be coming to a city near you next. 👀
September 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Still reminiscing about our event last week during Rails World. 🤩 Thanks to everyone who came out from Rails World, our Austin friends and even some thoughtbot alumni! Who knows… Ruby Underground might be coming to a city near you next. 👀
We’re so happy to share that @thoughtbot.com is our newest silver sponsor!
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Welcome, thoughtbot!
Our newest sponsor needs no introduction.
hanakai.org
September 29, 2026 at 11:36 AM
We’re so happy to share that @thoughtbot.com is our newest silver sponsor!
hanakai.org/blog/2026/09...
hanakai.org/blog/2026/09...
How long do your tests take to run? What maintenance work is outstanding in your app? Fernando Perales from @thoughtbot helps us think through signs that a Rails app is "rotting"
September 28, 2026 at 8:29 PM
How long do your tests take to run? What maintenance work is outstanding in your app? Fernando Perales from @thoughtbot helps us think through signs that a Rails app is "rotting"
The True Potential of Multiple Ball from my game Knight Ball.
Music:
"ThoughtBot" "TheAngelsWeep" by Jason Shaw (Audionautix.com)
Edited and Trimed by PeanutButterAddict.
#indiegame #webgames #mobilegames #action #arcade
Music:
"ThoughtBot" "TheAngelsWeep" by Jason Shaw (Audionautix.com)
Edited and Trimed by PeanutButterAddict.
#indiegame #webgames #mobilegames #action #arcade
September 25, 2026 at 3:46 PM
The True Potential of Multiple Ball from my game Knight Ball.
Music:
"ThoughtBot" "TheAngelsWeep" by Jason Shaw (Audionautix.com)
Edited and Trimed by PeanutButterAddict.
#indiegame #webgames #mobilegames #action #arcade
Music:
"ThoughtBot" "TheAngelsWeep" by Jason Shaw (Audionautix.com)
Edited and Trimed by PeanutButterAddict.
#indiegame #webgames #mobilegames #action #arcade
🔌 complexity: A command line tool to identify complex code. Analyze code complexity and identify areas that need refactoring.
📦 https://github.com/thoughtbot/complexity
🔗 https://github.com/javimosch/supercli
#complexity #supercli
📦 https://github.com/thoughtbot/complexity
🔗 https://github.com/javimosch/supercli
#complexity #supercli
September 2, 2026 at 2:44 PM
🔌 complexity: A command line tool to identify complex code. Analyze code complexity and identify areas that need refactoring.
📦 https://github.com/thoughtbot/complexity
🔗 https://github.com/javimosch/supercli
#complexity #supercli
📦 https://github.com/thoughtbot/complexity
🔗 https://github.com/javimosch/supercli
#complexity #supercli
🔥 Afternoon Hot Take
The timing matters here. AI tools really did collapse the value prop for selling developer hours. Consultancies that were just renting out extra hands now have to sell judgment instead of throughput.
#consulting #ai #engineering #product
The timing matters here. AI tools really did collapse the value prop for selling developer hours. Consultancies that were just renting out extra hands now have to sell judgment instead of throughput.
#consulting #ai #engineering #product
Don’t hire thoughtbot to write code
AI makes code faster and cheaper to produce. Premium consultancies need to offer more: experienced judgment, the right capabilities, and people who help teams solve the right problems and make better decisions.
robots.thoughtbot.com
August 21, 2026 at 7:32 PM
🔥 Afternoon Hot Take
The timing matters here. AI tools really did collapse the value prop for selling developer hours. Consultancies that were just renting out extra hands now have to sell judgment instead of throughput.
#consulting #ai #engineering #product
The timing matters here. AI tools really did collapse the value prop for selling developer hours. Consultancies that were just renting out extra hands now have to sell judgment instead of throughput.
#consulting #ai #engineering #product