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Figma just released some new, powerful AI image editing features. Our Senior Designer, Ferdia, takes you through expanding an image in this short: youtube.com/shorts/62QA4...
Figma just dropped some new AI image editing features!
Tired of juggling between all the different design tools? Well, with Figma AI’s new image editing features, released just last week, you’ll be able to stay in Figma to complete more tasks than ever…
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December 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Figma just released some new, powerful AI image editing features. Our Senior Designer, Ferdia, takes you through expanding an image in this short: youtube.com/shorts/62QA4...
When your workday ends as your teammates' begins, synchronous communication stops being the default. The solution isn't more meetings at late hours; it's learning to anticipate questions before they're asked.
Working across time zones: When async becomes the default
When your workday ends as your teammates’ begins, synchronous communication stops being the default. The solution isn’t more meetings at late hours; it’s learning to anticipate questions before...
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December 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
When your workday ends as your teammates' begins, synchronous communication stops being the default. The solution isn't more meetings at late hours; it's learning to anticipate questions before they're asked.
A practical checklist to help technical product teams clean up software spend, reduce tooling drift, and plan confidently for the year ahead.
Your End-of-Year Software Audit Checklist (for Technical Product Teams)
A practical checklist to help technical product teams clean up software spend, reduce tooling drift, and plan confidently for the year ahead.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A practical checklist to help technical product teams clean up software spend, reduce tooling drift, and plan confidently for the year ahead.
Spoiler, the product wasn't the problem. It was the customer experience. This is the mindset shift that will save you money, and keep your revenue recurring.
How a £20 mirror solved a £35,000 engineering problem (and why you, a Product Founder, CTO or Head of R&D should care)
Spoiler, the product wasn’t the problem. It was the customer experience. This is the mindset shift that will save you money, and keep your revenue recurring.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Spoiler, the product wasn't the problem. It was the customer experience. This is the mindset shift that will save you money, and keep your revenue recurring.
Speeding up takes just one word.
How fast can you go?
Speeding up takes just one word.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Speeding up takes just one word.
Organizing tests for readability.
The Arrange/Act/Assert pattern
Organizing tests for readability.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Organizing tests for readability.
Skimping on tests doesn’t speed you up; it just leaves you flying blind.
Testing is software engineering
Skimping on tests doesn’t speed you up; it just leaves you flying blind.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Skimping on tests doesn’t speed you up; it just leaves you flying blind.
Tips from an AI skeptic for working with a team which uses AI a lot.
How to review AI generated PRs
Tips from an AI skeptic for working with a team which uses AI a lot.
thoughtbot.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Tips from an AI skeptic for working with a team which uses AI a lot.
Our Senior Designer, Ferdia Kenny, shows you how to instantly rename messy Figma layers in the latest Design Tips short: youtube.com/shorts/5Ph05...
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December 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Our Senior Designer, Ferdia Kenny, shows you how to instantly rename messy Figma layers in the latest Design Tips short: youtube.com/shorts/5Ph05...
A step-by-step path to validate your idea fast by defining the problem, testing assumptions, prototyping the critical flow, and shaping a focused MVP you can learn from.
Turn Any Idea Into a Validated MVP
A step-by-step path to validate your idea fast by defining the problem, testing assumptions, prototyping the critical flow, and shaping a focused MVP you can learn from.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM
A step-by-step path to validate your idea fast by defining the problem, testing assumptions, prototyping the critical flow, and shaping a focused MVP you can learn from.
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!
#figma…
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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.
thoughtbot.com
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.