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Our Senior Designer, Ferdia Kenny, shows you how to search for a screenshot in Figma in the latest Design Tips short: youtube.com/shorts/QUSHY...
Never lose a Figma screen again with Figma AI’s Visual Search
Can’t remember where that screen lives in your design file? thoughtbot Senior Designer Ferdia Kenny shows you how to use Figma A.I.’s “Visual Search” feature so you never lose a screen again!
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December 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Our Senior Designer, Ferdia Kenny, shows you how to search for a screenshot in Figma in the latest Design Tips short: youtube.com/shorts/QUSHY...
Whether you’re aware of it or not, your actions and non-actions impact the people around you. Everything sends a message. Everything communicates. Everything is leading.
You cannot not lead
Whether you’re aware of it or not, your actions and non-actions impact the people around you. Everything sends a message. Everything communicates. Everything is leading.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Whether you’re aware of it or not, your actions and non-actions impact the people around you. Everything sends a message. Everything communicates. Everything is leading.
thoughtbot Senior Designer, Ferdia Kenny, shares how to make a simple carousel animation for your Figma prototype using Smart Animate: youtube.com/shorts/CztUj...
Make your prototype feel real - build an animated carousel with Smart Animate
Create a beautiful and simple carousel animation in your Figma prototype. thoughtbot Senior Designer Ferdia Kenny shows you how to put this together in a couple of easy steps using Figma Smart…
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November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
thoughtbot Senior Designer, Ferdia Kenny, shares how to make a simple carousel animation for your Figma prototype using Smart Animate: youtube.com/shorts/CztUj...
Encrypting data is easy — querying it isn’t.
Rails' deterministic encryption makes encrypted fields both searchable and secure.
Rails' deterministic encryption makes encrypted fields both searchable and secure.
Querying encrypted data in Rails using Deterministic Encryption
Encrypting data is easy — querying it isn’t.
Rails’ deterministic encryption makes encrypted fields both searchable and secure.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Encrypting data is easy — querying it isn’t.
Rails' deterministic encryption makes encrypted fields both searchable and secure.
Rails' deterministic encryption makes encrypted fields both searchable and secure.
A quiet but important milestone for Git.
Git 3.0 will use main as the default branch
A quiet but important milestone for Git.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
A quiet but important milestone for Git.
We ran our in-person Amsterdam Summit and Remote Summit at the same time in October. A ton of effort. Culturally priceless.
We're a fully-remote company. Why host concurrent In-Person and Remote Summits?
We ran our in-person Amsterdam Summit and Remote Summit at the same time in October. A ton of effort. Culturally priceless.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
We ran our in-person Amsterdam Summit and Remote Summit at the same time in October. A ton of effort. Culturally priceless.
Trying to optimize your AI coding workflow? One size doesn't fit all. During an AI pair programming session, we discovered some insights about control, context and trust that might help you sharpen your own process.
AI in Focus: Pair programming with AI
Trying to optimize your AI coding workflow? One size doesn’t fit all. During an AI pair programming session, we discovered some insights about control, context and trust that might help you sharpen...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Trying to optimize your AI coding workflow? One size doesn't fit all. During an AI pair programming session, we discovered some insights about control, context and trust that might help you sharpen your own process.
Booleans and ractors on stage in Helsinki.
Presenting at tiny ruby on Friday, November 21, 2025!
Booleans and ractors on stage in Helsinki.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Booleans and ractors on stage in Helsinki.
Check out Senior Designer Ferdia's latest short tip. In 90 seconds, he'll show you some of the most practical features of the AI image generator, Midjourney: youtube.com/shorts/PnvQt...
3 features in Midjourney to wow your boss!
Create amazing images and videos with Midjourney. thoughtbot Senior Designer Ferdia shows you how to train Midjourney to create in your personal style, how to extend any image and how to turn a photo…
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November 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Check out Senior Designer Ferdia's latest short tip. In 90 seconds, he'll show you some of the most practical features of the AI image generator, Midjourney: youtube.com/shorts/PnvQt...
Three AI anti-patterns that consistently frustrate development teams, and how to avoid them.
How to use LLMs without driving your team mad
Three AI anti-patterns that consistently frustrate development teams, and how to avoid them.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Three AI anti-patterns that consistently frustrate development teams, and how to avoid them.
Check out Ferdia's short Figma tips. In 90 seconds, he'll show how to easily remove an image background right in Figma: youtube.com/shorts/A87Gl...
Ditch Photoshop! Use Figma!
Quickly remove an image background right in Figma with Figma AI. No need for Photoshop! #prototype #prototyping #figma #photoshop #adobe #editing
See more helpful design resources at:…
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November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Check out Ferdia's short Figma tips. In 90 seconds, he'll show how to easily remove an image background right in Figma: youtube.com/shorts/A87Gl...
Check out Ferdia's short Figma tips. In 60 seconds he explains how to enhance a blurry image in Figma: youtube.com/shorts/fLIgr...
Improve your blurry images with Figma AI ✨🔥
No more pixelated images! We show you how to quickly improve the resolution of blurry images in your prototypes with Figma AI’s “Boost Resolution” feature.
#figma #prototype #prototyping…
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November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Check out Ferdia's short Figma tips. In 60 seconds he explains how to enhance a blurry image in Figma: youtube.com/shorts/fLIgr...
The world needs more accessibility tip listicles. Here's one about screen reader testing.
My Favorite Mac VoiceOver commands
The world needs more accessibility tip listicles. Here’s one about screen reader testing.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The world needs more accessibility tip listicles. Here's one about screen reader testing.
Learn the ins and outs of building a game-based join code feature.
How to design a join code system
Learn the ins and outs of building a game-based join code feature.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Learn the ins and outs of building a game-based join code feature.
Insights from the 2025 Just Product conference - from slowing down under pressure, to experimenting with AI and vibecoding - and what this all means for product teams and leaders.
thoughtbot at Just Product 2025
Insights from the 2025 Just Product conference - from slowing down under pressure, to experimenting with AI and vibecoding - and what this all means for product teams and leaders.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Insights from the 2025 Just Product conference - from slowing down under pressure, to experimenting with AI and vibecoding - and what this all means for product teams and leaders.
Check out Ferdia's short Figma design tips. First up, how to easily add realistic content to your prototype: youtube.com/shorts/7ZAUS...
Lorem ipsum is holding your prototype back 👊
No more Lorem Ipsum! We show you how to quickly add realistic looking data to your prototypes with Figma AI’s “Replace Content” feature. Never again will a user say "I don't understand what I'm…
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November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Check out Ferdia's short Figma design tips. First up, how to easily add realistic content to your prototype: youtube.com/shorts/7ZAUS...
On episode 3 of The Opinionated thoughtbotter, Svenja and Rob do not see eye-to-eye when it comes to documentation.
Catch the full episode for Rob's hot take on the one true software methodology and why good documentation is unrealistic : www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXN3...
Catch the full episode for Rob's hot take on the one true software methodology and why good documentation is unrealistic : www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXN3...
Extreme programming is the only way | The Opinionated thoughtbotter
In this episode, Development Director Rob Whittaker makes a bold claim: “Extreme Programming is the one true software methodology!” He and host Svenja dive into what makes Extreme Programming so…
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November 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
On episode 3 of The Opinionated thoughtbotter, Svenja and Rob do not see eye-to-eye when it comes to documentation.
Catch the full episode for Rob's hot take on the one true software methodology and why good documentation is unrealistic : www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXN3...
Catch the full episode for Rob's hot take on the one true software methodology and why good documentation is unrealistic : www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXN3...
Aji is about to present our closing keynote of thoughtbot Open Summit ❤️ You can jump directly in the zoom to catch it: us02web.zoom.us/j/87946598627
October 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Aji is about to present our closing keynote of thoughtbot Open Summit ❤️ You can jump directly in the zoom to catch it: us02web.zoom.us/j/87946598627
We're nearing the end of thoughtbot Open Summit 2025, but what an amazing day it's been so far.
Join now to catch our AI + Rails Workshop with Chad and Justin.
Then you won't want to miss our Closing Keynote from Aji Slater at 3pm ET | 12pm PT.
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Join now to catch our AI + Rails Workshop with Chad and Justin.
Then you won't want to miss our Closing Keynote from Aji Slater at 3pm ET | 12pm PT.
thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We're nearing the end of thoughtbot Open Summit 2025, but what an amazing day it's been so far.
Join now to catch our AI + Rails Workshop with Chad and Justin.
Then you won't want to miss our Closing Keynote from Aji Slater at 3pm ET | 12pm PT.
thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
Join now to catch our AI + Rails Workshop with Chad and Justin.
Then you won't want to miss our Closing Keynote from Aji Slater at 3pm ET | 12pm PT.
thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
The Open Source Panel at thoughtbot Open Summit is happening now!
Bring your questions for our awesome group of maintainers and authors: thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
Bring your questions for our awesome group of maintainers and authors: thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
October 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The Open Source Panel at thoughtbot Open Summit is happening now!
Bring your questions for our awesome group of maintainers and authors: thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
Bring your questions for our awesome group of maintainers and authors: thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
Ready to get even more out of factory_bot? Neil and Jose are about to start an advanced session on extending factory_bot with custom strategies.
Following their session, stick around for an open source panel and then React + Rails.
Join here: thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
Following their session, stick around for an open source panel and then React + Rails.
Join here: thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Ready to get even more out of factory_bot? Neil and Jose are about to start an advanced session on extending factory_bot with custom strategies.
Following their session, stick around for an open source panel and then React + Rails.
Join here: thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
Following their session, stick around for an open source panel and then React + Rails.
Join here: thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
We're halfway through thoughtbot Open Summit, and what a day so far!
We kicked things off with thoughtbot's Jared and Rémy, who took us back to the early, pre-Git days of open source with the Way Back Machine.
We kicked things off with thoughtbot's Jared and Rémy, who took us back to the early, pre-Git days of open source with the Way Back Machine.
October 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We're halfway through thoughtbot Open Summit, and what a day so far!
We kicked things off with thoughtbot's Jared and Rémy, who took us back to the early, pre-Git days of open source with the Way Back Machine.
We kicked things off with thoughtbot's Jared and Rémy, who took us back to the early, pre-Git days of open source with the Way Back Machine.
Live NOW at thoughtbot Open Summit, we're getting into Regular Expressions with Svenja Schäfer. 👀
Come join us! thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
Come join us! thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
October 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Live NOW at thoughtbot Open Summit, we're getting into Regular Expressions with Svenja Schäfer. 👀
Come join us! thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
Come join us! thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
Can it be fun to improve your regular expressions skills? If anyone can do it, it's Svenja. Her RegEx workshop is starting now!
Join this and 6 more sessions still to come at thoughtbot Open Summit today: thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
Join this and 6 more sessions still to come at thoughtbot Open Summit today: thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Can it be fun to improve your regular expressions skills? If anyone can do it, it's Svenja. Her RegEx workshop is starting now!
Join this and 6 more sessions still to come at thoughtbot Open Summit today: thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
Join this and 6 more sessions still to come at thoughtbot Open Summit today: thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
It's time for the Opening Keynote of thoughtbot Open Summit!
This will be immediately followed by Tim Riley of Hanami and then we're off to the races with live coding sessions.
Learn how to log in to the event and our Discord. It's open and free to all: thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
This will be immediately followed by Tim Riley of Hanami and then we're off to the races with live coding sessions.
Learn how to log in to the event and our Discord. It's open and free to all: thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
October 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It's time for the Opening Keynote of thoughtbot Open Summit!
This will be immediately followed by Tim Riley of Hanami and then we're off to the races with live coding sessions.
Learn how to log in to the event and our Discord. It's open and free to all: thoughtbot.com/events/open-...
This will be immediately followed by Tim Riley of Hanami and then we're off to the races with live coding sessions.
Learn how to log in to the event and our Discord. It's open and free to all: thoughtbot.com/events/open-...