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Combine Capybara selectors to avoid the sequential timeout trap

How I shaved over a minute off a test suite with a one-line change.
Matheus Richard
March 6, 2026
The Bike Shed Ep 496: Test suite performance

Joël and Sally cover all the bases as they look at improving their test suite performances times.
Joël Quenneville and Sally Hall
March 3, 2026
- Podcast
Your chat bot needs a better rate limit strategy

Don’t let one ambitious user trigger a denial of service.
Steve Polito
March 2, 2026
- Rails
- Web
- Development
- Artificial Intelligence
- Llm
- Chat Bot
The Opinionated thoughtbotter: Linting is Non-Negotiable

Linting isn’t about tabs vs. spaces. It’s about team consistency. thoughtbot senior developers Svenja Schäfer and Rémy Hannenquin talk code style, automation, PR review sanity, and why “just format the whole codebase” might be the least painf…
Svenja Schäfer
February 27, 2026
- Podcast
How to choose and implement an LLM for your healthcare product

Choosing and implementing the right large language model for healthcare requires balancing security, economics, and inevitable hallucinations. Here’s what you need to know before integrating AI into your product.
Richard Newman and Michelle Taute
February 27, 2026
- Health Tech
- AI
- Llm
48 companies you didn't know were using Rails in 2026

Rails is still alive and kicking in 2026, and a lot of companies trust it for their applications and backend infrastructure.
Valeria Graffeo
February 26, 2026
- Ruby On Rails
- Health Tech
- Fintech
- SaaS
- DevTools
- Ecommerce
- Media
- Entertainment
- Education
Claude Code skills: Automating FDA-required documentation for software as a medical device

Generating and maintaining FDA-required documentation for software as a medical device can be tedious and time-consuming. We built a Claude Code skill to automate documentation for 510(k) submissions.
Damian Galarza, Chad Pytel & Michelle Taute
February 25, 2026
- Claude
- AI
- Health Tech
The Bike Shed Ep 495: A shortcut to years of experience

Sally and Aji flick through thoughtbot’s guide to best practices in a bid to brush up on their coding habits.
Sally Hall and Aji Slater
February 24, 2026
- Podcast
Going beyond vibe coding with ReadySetGo

Introducing ReadySetGo. An AI application generator that creates first versions of products, built in Rails, to thoughtbot’s best practices. Not throwaway, vibe-coded prototypes. Real foundations that can be built upon.
Chad Pytel
February 19, 2026
- News
- Readysetgo
- AI
Giant Robots Podcast Ep 603: The product we are going to build

Sami makes his triumphant return to the Giant Robots Smashing into other Giant Robots Podcast as he and his fellow hosts discuss a brand new tool currently in pre-production at thoughtbot.
Chad Pytel, Will Larry & Sami Birnbaum
February 19, 2026
- Podcast
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