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Published: Jan. 7, 2013, midnight

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.

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January

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

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

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

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• Zero Github Issues
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• FactoryGirl 3.2
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• New Boston office
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May

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

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

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

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• Learn launched
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September

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• Bourbon Neat version 1.0
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• Online workshops
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November

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

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• Ruby Science launched
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