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Article | Misc

Introducing Commit Goods: Official Merch for the Open Source Community

21 Nov 2025

Hold on to your (open source-inspired) hats! A new merch shop celebrating your favorite tools is LIVE!

Article | Misc

Team Favorites: Books That Inspired Us This Year

19 Nov 2025

We collected a roundup of dev, design, leadership, and marketing books that inspired our work and challenged our thinking this year.

Article | Leadership

Reflections from LeadDev 2025: Power, Clarity, and the Future of Engineering Leadership

13 Nov 2025

Our Engineering Manager brought back some delightful insights from LeadDev 2025. Here are the highlights and the lessons leaders can apply to working with their own teams.

Article | Misc

Conversations Shaping Planet Argon's LIVE Webinar Series

4 Nov 2025

Three short talks. Three clear lessons: monitor what matters, automate the tedious, and migrate without stress.

Article | Development

A Rails 8 Upgrade Story: Building Momentum Without a Rewrite

28 Oct 2025

A real-world Rails 8 upgrade story about evolving an existing app, preserving its value, and moving forward without starting over.

Article | Misc

Rails World 2025 and Large Applications Lessons

20 Oct 2025

Our developer, Sergiu Truta, reflects on Rails World 2025—what’s new, what’s next, and how Rails continues to evolve with its community.

Article | Strategy

Red Flags That Signal Growing Technical Debt: What FastRuby Has Learned from Client Projects

15 Oct 2025

Our friends at FastRuby share how to spot the quiet warning signs of growing technical debt and how to address it strategically instead of reactively.

Article | Strategy

Untangling a Slow Rails App: The Framework We Use Every Time

7 Oct 2025

Struggling with a slow Rails app? Learn our five-step framework to identify, analyze, and fix performance bottlenecks without just throwing more hardware at it.

Article | Misc