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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!

Large and in charge: Using Git LFS for large projects

Explore why Git Large File Storage (Git LFS) is critical for handling large files in your projects and how it enhances your version control strategy.

Michael Schoonmaker

Michael Schoonmaker

DevOps and security

architecture

docker

rails

infrastructure

People collaborating on a presentation

Tips for clearer code slides in presentations

Ever struggled with code slides in presentations? Learn tips to make them more engaging and easy to follow, boosting your next presentation's impact!

Josh Greenwood

Communication & teams

elm

testing

communication

The Compiler as an integration test

Life after nil: Learning about type systems

Learn the benefits a type system adds to your coding with Haskell. Forget about nil, declaratively model your domain, and allow the compiler to drive.

Sam Jones

Software tooling & tips

ruby

testing

conference-talk

Pie chart

Building a well-factored pie graph with React and D3

Discover how to effectively integrate React and D3 to create a seamless, interactive pie graph. Learn the strategy behind separating state management and graph presentation for optimal results.

Sam Jones

Software tooling & tips

react

javascript

testing

Justin Searls speaking next to a slide reading Midwestern Programming

How to scratch an itch: A creativity talk

Justin Searls has a strange theory: what if creativity is like a chronic illness fueled by toxic emotions and character flaws?

Justin Searls

Communication & teams

consulting

testing

communication

conference-talk

Key about to go into a lock

Streamlining SSH authentication with tmux: A guide to hassle-free sessions

Tired of SSH and tmux conflicts? Learn how to streamline SSH authentication with tmux in our step-by-step guide. Say goodbye to frustrating access issues!

Adam Lukens

DevOps and security

automation

testing

Justin Searls stands next to a banner reading The Silent Majority Stands with Ruby

Keep Ruby weird again

The video depicts known JavaScript agitant Justin Searls, who spoke for approximately 27 minutes at RubyConf 2016 with a message that advocated restoring Ruby to its former prominence in the open source software community.

Justin Searls

Software tooling & tips

ruby

Surgical Refactors with Suture

Surgical Refactors with Suture

During Ruby Kaigi 2016, Justin Searls introduced Suture, a gem that simplifies legacy refactoring with a clear, repeatable workflow to boost confidence in legacy code changes.

Justin Searls

Legacy modernization

rails

ruby

testing

open-source

conference-talk

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