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 <updated>2026-04-19T14:51:01+00:00</updated>
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   <name>Aaron Sumner</name>
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   <title>Everyday Rails Testing with RSpec, now in Spanish!</title>
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   <updated>2026-04-19T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
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   <content type="html">A Spanish translation of the book is now available on Leanpub.</content>
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   <title>Guard rails, not gatekeeping</title>
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   <updated>2026-04-04T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://leftofthe.dev/2026/04/04/guard-rails-not-gatekeeping</id>
   <content type="html">More people than ever are contributing to software projects. Here&apos;s how to keep quality high without keeping people out.</content>
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   <title>Testing with RSpec book updated for Rails 8!</title>
   <link href="https://leftofthe.dev/2026/04/02/rspec-book-rails-8.html"/>
   <updated>2026-04-02T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://leftofthe.dev/2026/04/02/rspec-book-rails-8</id>
   <content type="html">The latest edition is here with support for Rails 8.1 and Ruby 4.0</content>
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 <entry>
   <title>Superpowers have changed how I write software (mostly)</title>
   <link href="https://leftofthe.dev/2026/02/19/claude-code-skills-superpowers.html"/>
   <updated>2026-02-19T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://leftofthe.dev/2026/02/19/claude-code-skills-superpowers</id>
   <content type="html">Software developers who think critically write better code. Here&apos;s how I&apos;ve incorporated an excellent set of Claude Code skills to bake critical thinking into my agentic workflow.</content>
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   <title>My go-to prompt for legacy code exploration</title>
   <link href="https://leftofthe.dev/2025/11/09/legacy-code-overview-llm.html"/>
   <updated>2025-11-09T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://leftofthe.dev/2025/11/09/legacy-code-overview-llm</id>
   <content type="html">Old software systems can be scary. Learn their quirks and conventions with some agentic assistance.</content>
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   <title>Everyday Rails is now Left of the Dev</title>
   <link href="https://leftofthe.dev/2025/10/27/left-of-the-dev-everyday-rails.html"/>
   <updated>2025-10-27T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
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   <content type="html">I&apos;m taking this site in a new direction! Here&apos;s why, and what to expect going forward.</content>
 </entry>
 
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   <title>Testing with RSpec book updates for September 2025</title>
   <link href="https://leftofthe.dev/2025/09/16/rspec-book-rails-7.html"/>
   <updated>2025-09-16T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://leftofthe.dev/2025/09/16/rspec-book-rails-7</id>
   <content type="html">New content on top-down testing and covering your app&apos;s supporting features.</content>
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   <title>Everyday Rails is 15 years old!</title>
   <link href="https://leftofthe.dev/2025/05/18/happy-birthday.html"/>
   <updated>2025-05-18T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://leftofthe.dev/2025/05/18/happy-birthday</id>
   <content type="html">A brief look back on the past five years, and a peek at what&apos;s ahead for Everyday Rails.</content>
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   <title>Old Ruby and Rails on new hardware with dev containers</title>
   <link href="https://leftofthe.dev/2025/04/15/old-ruby-rails-dev-container.html"/>
   <updated>2025-04-15T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://leftofthe.dev/2025/04/15/old-ruby-rails-dev-container</id>
   <content type="html">How do you get an ancient Rails application running on newer hardware? Dev containers to the rescue!</content>
 </entry>
 
 <entry>
   <title>Testing with RSpec book updates for April 2025</title>
   <link href="https://leftofthe.dev/2025/04/05/rspec-book-april-2025-announcement.html"/>
   <updated>2025-04-05T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://leftofthe.dev/2025/04/05/rspec-book-april-2025-announcement</id>
   <content type="html">Fresh takes on all things mocking!</content>
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