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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!

Optimize Rails enums with Postgres: A guide

Struggling with Rails enums? Discover how PostgreSQL can simplify your enums and enhance performance. This guide covers setup, migration, and best practices.

Justin Searls

Accelerate quality software

testing

ruby

rails

postgres

Simplify your code: the power of extracting functions in refactoring

Discover how extracting functions can simplify your code, improve readability, and enhance maintainability. Dive into best practices and practical examples.

Kevin Baribeau

Legacy modernization

react

testing

javascript

Terminal screen showing code example

Abusing promises as a locking mechanism in JavaScript

Promises in JavaScript are great for asynchronous data handling, but using them as a locking mechanism can lead to unexpected problems. Find out why and learn better approaches.

Neal Lindsay

Software tooling & tips

javascript

node.js

testing

automation

Icon of a person standing on top of a mountain and holding a flag high

The Selfish Programmer

In Justin Searls' seminal RailsConf 2019 talk he explores things programmers can learn by building an application by and for themselves—and the surprising number of lessons that might translate to their work on teams and larger organizations.

Justin Searls

consulting

heroku

javascript

postgres

rails

Learning Go: A JavaScript developer’s journey

Discover the phases a JavaScript developer experiences when learning Go, from confusion to curiosity, and how it reshapes their programming approach.

Brittany Moore

Software tooling & tips

go

javascript

open-source

testing

DevOps, TDD and developer productivity: Why NoOps is the future

Reflecting on DevOps, test-driven development and how NoOps can help your team focus on delivering valuable features instead of getting bogged down in infrastructure management.

Micah Adams

DevOps and security

agile

teams

Build and deploy Node.js projects on Raspberry Pi

Discover the best practices for building and deploying Node.js projects on your Raspberry Pi. Overcome common challenges and make your projects run smoothly with our expert tips and tricks.

Kaleb Lape

Software tooling & tips

automation

javascript

node.js

testing

Why managing technical debt isn't like handling credit card debt

Technical debt isn’t like credit card debt. Learn why treating it as such can harm your software development process and discover better strategies to manage it.

Sam Jones

Software investment

agile

teams

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