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I've written for 7 years, across 59 articles! 33 of them were published on thoughtbot's blog, and link there; the 26 here add up to 34802 words. Check out all my posts below.

2026

Let's enable MFA for all Ruby gems April 21
Introducing Test Budget: a linter for test performance March 17
Combine Capybara selectors to avoid the sequential timeout trap March 6
2025 In Review February 12
Teach your models to act, not just be February 6

2025

Your legacy software is a ticking bomb December 29
What you see may not be what you get August 6
Let Rails Help You May 27
2024 In Review February 10
Things you might not need in your tests January 29

2024

Optimize your shell experience December 20
Turbo morphing woes December 11
Running AI client-side September 17
Wrap your dependencies August 26
It works on my machine. Why? August 15
Async Ruby on Rails June 7
Tips For Using AI-Generated Images In Your Slides May 8
Faster Tests With Capybara and Request Specs April 15
How To Ask Good Questions Online February 20
2023 In Review January 11
Turn Your Code Into Pixel Art January 2

2023

How I have fun with Rust December 21
Rails: When Changing Code Doesn't Change Behavior December 20
Mining Gold in Digital Conversations September 12
Rust Doesn't Have Named Arguments. So What? July 5
Google Translate vs. ChatGPT: What About Portuguese? June 19
How Upgrading Ruby Broke JavaScript April 18
My adventure with Async Ruby January 23
2022 In Review January 21

2022

Keeping it simple December 14
Taking the most out of Stimulus.js July 26
What my father taught me about software development July 5
The opportunity will find you March 21
Pipelining without pipes March 11
Working in my native language requires empathy March 9
Trabalhar na minha língua nativa requer empatia March 9
2021 In Review January 29
Security: Start today January 24
TIL: JavaScript's void Operator January 20
TIL: Object#presence_in January 6

2021

A Mindset for Better Code December 29
How To Get Pull Requests Merged Faster November 25
Easy View Components In Jekyll October 28
Custom Linters For Custom Needs September 30
How Spaces Can Improve Your Code August 31
Kitchen Sink July 22
My First Month (or so) With Rust June 4
Different Ways to Contribute to Open Source May 31
Mocking Made Simple April 22
On learning Rust March 27
Don't use comments! Use code. March 26
Productive Laziness February 24
A Simple Way To Get Started With TDD January 18

2020

Baking Tasks With 'Bake' July 18

All posts

Let's enable MFA for all Ruby gems April 21

Introducing Test Budget: a linter for test performance March 17

Combine Capybara selectors to avoid the sequential timeout trap March 6

2025 In Review February 12

Teach your models to act, not just be February 6

Your legacy software is a ticking bomb December 29

What you see may not be what you get August 6

Let Rails Help You May 27

2024 In Review February 10

Things you might not need in your tests January 29

Optimize your shell experience December 20

Turbo morphing woes December 11

Running AI client-side September 17

Wrap your dependencies August 26

It works on my machine. Why? August 15

Async Ruby on Rails June 7

Tips For Using AI-Generated Images In Your Slides May 8

Faster Tests With Capybara and Request Specs April 15

How To Ask Good Questions Online February 20

2023 In Review January 11

Turn Your Code Into Pixel Art January 2

How I have fun with Rust December 21

Rails: When Changing Code Doesn't Change Behavior December 20

Mining Gold in Digital Conversations September 12

Rust Doesn't Have Named Arguments. So What? July 5

Google Translate vs. ChatGPT: What About Portuguese? June 19

How Upgrading Ruby Broke JavaScript April 18

My adventure with Async Ruby January 23

2022 In Review January 21

Keeping it simple December 14

Taking the most out of Stimulus.js July 26

What my father taught me about software development July 5

The opportunity will find you March 21

Pipelining without pipes March 11

Working in my native language requires empathy March 9

Trabalhar na minha língua nativa requer empatia March 9

2021 In Review January 29

Security: Start today January 24

TIL: JavaScript's void Operator January 20

TIL: Object#presence_in January 6

A Mindset for Better Code December 29

How To Get Pull Requests Merged Faster November 25

Easy View Components In Jekyll October 28

Custom Linters For Custom Needs September 30

How Spaces Can Improve Your Code August 31

Kitchen Sink July 22

My First Month (or so) With Rust June 4

Different Ways to Contribute to Open Source May 31

Mocking Made Simple April 22

On learning Rust March 27

Don't use comments! Use code. March 26

Productive Laziness February 24

A Simple Way To Get Started With TDD January 18

Baking Tasks With 'Bake' July 18

Lessons Learned on GSoC 2019 August 22

The Rubygems' web command August 21

How Rubygems commands works May 14

How I got accepted to GSoC 2019 May 14

Blog.new May 7