Thoughtbot published a consolidated collection of its agent skills in the thoughtbot/skills GitHub repository, making publicly available a set of Claude-compatible skills the consultancy had previousl…
Thoughtbot published five actionable software development tips for healthcare teams, drawn from a panel featuring David Pace, Executive Director at Merck Research Labs IT Enablement and User Experienc…
Thoughtbot advises companies to use AI-assisted 'vibe coding' for prototyping ideas cheaply, but warns that a successful prototype is not a production application and requires professional development…
An informal test by Joel Q. found that Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 correctly identified a coat of arms photographed on a statue in Europe, while OpenAI's ChatGPT gave a wrong answer, highlighting diff…
Thoughtbot CEO Chad Pytel advises clients not to hire the consultancy solely for code production, arguing that AI has made code generation easy and that premium consultancies must earn their fees by d…
AI has accelerated software development, but in regulated industries like healthcare, fintech, and pharma, expert judgment is becoming more valuable than raw coding speed, according to thoughtbot. A t…
Thoughtbot, a software consultancy, announced its fall event schedule, with team members speaking, attending, and hosting events across six cities on two continents from August to October. Fernando Pe…
A prototype is not a product but a conversation that replaces assumptions with evidence, argues a thoughtbot article. The piece contends that the most valuable prototypes serve leadership by accelerat…
Thoughtbot reports that startup founders using AI tools like Claude, Lovable, and Bubble.io can prototype quickly but still face challenges in product decisions, code validation, and strategic plannin…
A developer used Anthropic's Opus 4.6 model in Claude Code to fix a group of flaky tests that caused 60% of CI runs to fail. The AI analyzed hundreds of test runs overnight and identified root causes,…
Chad and Sami discussed AI code audits on the Giant Robots Podcast, focusing on developer-friendly AI code bases and security concerns. Sami shared insights from a recent audit of an AI-built codebase…
AI crawlers are inflating web view counts by making hundreds of thousands of requests per day, skewing analytics for human engagement. A developer fixed the issue by moving tracking to client-side Jav…
Thoughtbot engineers built a Claude Code hook that automatically runs RuboCop against any Ruby files an AI coding agent modifies, then gives the agent a chance to fix violations it can catch. The hook…
Thoughtbot has added a "Copy as Markdown" button to its blog posts, allowing users to copy cleanly formatted Markdown to their clipboard. The feature aims to simplify how AI language models consume co…
No-code AI app builders like Lovable, Bolt, and Replit allow entrepreneurs to create functional software through text-based prompts without coding skills, with some startups claiming rapid revenue mil…
On the latest episode of the Giant Robots podcast, Chad shared a recent pivot in ReadySetGo’s development, with the app now entering a founder’s development phase and expanding features for all users.…