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The next North West Ruby User Group in Manchester, UK is in a fortnight on 19 November at Colony, One Silk Street. Sam Péchèr will reflect on starting out as a junior last year, just as the indust...

I believe every software team should be heavily using AI right now. I also believe it’s never been easier to ship something you’ll regret.

There are new surveys about AI and software teams coming out every week. After months of following along and participating in some, and a whole lot of conversations with engineering leaders, those two beliefs keep coming up togethe...

TL;DR AI is shrinking the gap between design and code. Design systems still matter, but the source of truth can increasingly live in the codebase, with clear foundations and guidance for both people and AI.

Figma still has an important role as a place to explore ideas and communicate with people who aren’t working in code, but it doesn’t necessarily n...

I’m currently staffed on a project in a codebase I have no familiarity with, so I’ve leaned on AI-assisted development more than ever. Along the way, I’ve found that writing the code is the easy part. Most of my time goes into understanding the problem, exploring solutions, and verifying the output.

In this tutorial, I’ll walk through each phase of my approach as I wo...