Ben Orenstein is joined by Chad Pytel, the CEO of thoughtbot to take a look back at some of the things thoughtbot did in 2012. They then answer a bunch of listener questions.

January

  • Trajectory Redesign
  • Open source releases every two weeks
  • Factory Girl 2.4 (refactoring, speed increase) and 2.5 (custom constructors)
  • shoulda-context gets a new maintainer

February

  • Shoulda 3.0
  • Apprentice.io Launches
  • Airbrake acquired by Exceptional

March

  • thoughtbot goes to Stockholm
  • Paperclip 3.0
  • FactoryGirl 3.0
  • Apprentice.io opens up to all employers
  • Copycopter goes open source
  • Trajectory gets Campfire integration

April

  • Zero Github Issues
  • FactoryGirl 3.2
  • New Boston office

May

  • Trail Maps released
  • Trajectory gets a full json API
  • Humans Present: Refactoring

June

  • Backbone.js on Rails hit 1.0
  • Opening and office in SF
  • First podcast episode!

July

  • Playbook: Video Edition
  • Version 3.6.0 of factory_girl, memoization to the names of attributes which adds a 33% speed increase on factories with override

August

  • Learn launched

September

  • Bourbon Neat version 1.0
  • Online workshops

November

  • Colorado office announced
  • Stockholm drinkup
  • 2nd online workshop Test-Driven Rails

December

  • Ruby Science launched

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