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Survey: AI is here—and it’s reshaping product management

A new report from the Pragmatic Institute reveals how AI is transforming product management and driving growth. Here are the insights, adoption challenges, and the skills product leaders need to master AI and lead with intent.

Test Double Editorial Board

Test Double Editorial Board

Software tooling & tips

The dangers of abstracting away vendors in code

The dangers of abstracting away vendors in code

River Lynn Bailey

River Lynn Bailey

Software tooling & tips

How a product transformation drove 3x sales growth

The road to 3x sales: a case study in scaling with strategy

Test Double Editorial Board

Test Double Editorial Board

Product management

7 takeaways from CIO Tomorrow 2024 for leading transformation

7 takeaways from CIO Tomorrow 2024 for leading transformation

Cathy Colliver

Communication & teams

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A startup's launched after a new product in record time after Test Double's product coaching. Kudos to Jen Tedrow for her workshops that also unveiled a $2M product idea!

Tammy Lawlor's strategy enabled a global retail client to align their portfolio, boosting product releases from quarterly to 2x monthly (!) and launching two new products plus key enhancements.

Gusto's legacy Rails upgrade succeeded with our consultants leading the charge, fixing 1,700 test failures -- all without disrupting daily operations and completed on time and under budget. Cheers to Steve, River, Daniel, Will and Jake!

We collaborated with client leadership at a popular magazine to implement a culture of data-led decision making — which led to millions of dollars saved or generated. Shout out to Zack Kelly, who identified an e-commerce checkout error causing up to $7 million (!) in lost revenue.

Joé Dupuis audited and simplified Treehouse's AWS infrastructure, cutting costs by 25% and reducing infrastructure from ~40 servers to 3 servers + serverless ECS cluster. Why pay for complexity you don't need?

Shout out to DevOps pros Keith McCanless and Jessie Puls, who empowered dev teams at Mode to quickly and easily deliver both their own infrastructure needs!

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3 keys to upgrading Rails with minimal risk and disruption

Learn the 3 keys to upgrading Ruby on Rails smoothly. Ensure minimal risk and disruption to ongoing feature development with our Rails upgrades expert tips and tools.

Kevin Solorio

rails

ruby

CSS: the visual state machine

Thinking of web applications in terms of state machines is not a new idea, but there is an often overlooked area when it comes to managing state in web applications: the visual or presentation layer.

Dave Mosher

Software tooling & tips

api

javascript

teams

accessibility

conference-talk

Product managers

Product managers

Product managers

How to run effective retrospectives for agile teams

Learn how to run effective retrospectives for your agile team with this comprehensive guide, promoting open communication and continuous improvement.

Brittany Moore

Communication & teams

agile

consulting

teams

communication

A practical guide to AWS Lambda and serverless

With all the hype around serverless, it’s hard to separate value from marketing fluff. Dive into the "Serverless Manifesto" and see if AWS Lambda truly benefits your needs.

Micah Adams

DevOps and security

aws

cloud

testing

Growing strong without the burnout in consulting

Dive into a consultant’s journey of learning and growth. Discover how to tackle challenges without succumbing to burnout in the fast-paced world of consulting.

Mike Jansen

Recruiting & careers

communication

professional-growth

consulting

Things I wish I knew before going remote

Things I wish I knew before going remote

In this RailsConf 2019 talk Marla Brizel Zeschin shares hard learned lessons on better collaboration while working remote that are even more relevant today as remote work is more common.

Marla Brizel Zeschin

Marla Brizel Zeschin

Communication & teams

communication

testing

rails

teams

Designing an interview process that works

Ever felt lost in a tech interview? At Test Double, we make interviews meaningful and relevant. Dive into how our process respects your time and skills.

Ilana Corson

Recruiting & careers

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Interview them where they are: Master the art of conducting technical interviews

Discover effective techniques to conduct technical interviews, focused on inclusivity and identifying essential software engineering skills.

Eric Weinstein

Recruiting & careers

professional-growth

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