The Bike Shed

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On The Bike Shed, hosts Joël Quenneville, Sally Hall, and Aji Slater discuss development experiences and challenges at thoughtbot with Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, and whatever else is drawing their attention, admiration, or ire this week.

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The Bike Shed

Episodes (493)

Tuesday 493: Suspenders with Steve Polito
Tue Feb 3rd 492: Defining value within your team
Jan 27th 491: Influences that shaped our thinking

The Bike Shed

Feb 10, 2026
42½ minutes
80 MB

Joël talks with guest thoughtbotter Steve Polito about his recent work rewriting Suspenders, an old thoughtbot gem from the 2000s. Steve discusses his role on the rewrite and the steps he took in optimising it for modern rails, Joël dives into some of the new features found in the gem, before discussing with Steve the use cases for Suspenders and why you might choose it over other rails starter apps. — Want to learn more about our gem Suspenders? Check out some of these links to get yourself up to speed and try...

The Bike Shed

493: Suspenders with Steve Polito

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