Joe Masilotti

What I wish Hotwire Native actually was

I wrote the book on Hotwire Native. Then I built what I actually wanted.

Aug 14 • Joe Masilotti

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Ruby Native, now on Android!

Android out of beta, barcode scanning, and a smarter, more customizable navigation bar.

Aug 5 • Joe Masilotti

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July 2026

Hotwire Native v1.3

Lazy loading tabs, UISearchTab, Large Titles, custom error views, and a whole lotta bug fixes.

Jul 8 • Joe Masilotti

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June 2026

The road expands before me

Is a never-ending roadmap a prioritization problem? Or a sales problem?

Jun 26 • Joe Masilotti

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I stopped tracking my time. Now I can't focus.

I'm getting more done than ever, and I've never felt more scattered.

Jun 11 • Joe Masilotti

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I deleted WebSockets and haven’t looked back

Why I swapped Turbo Stream broadcasts for polling after a paying customer got stuck with an infinite spinner.

Jun 4 • Joe Masilotti

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May 2026

Both stores said yes

A paid app, approved in the App Store and Google Play, built without opening Xcode or Android Studio.

May 28 • Joe Masilotti

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I used to own a tiny niche

The code is a commodity. The decisions around it are not.

May 21 • Joe Masilotti

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Ruby Native is here

Ship your Rails app to the App Store without opening Xcode. $100 off through May 18.

May 4 • Joe Masilotti

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April 2026

How to build a Rails app that’s ready for the app stores

The five rules I'd hand to my past self to save months of mobile-prep refactoring.

Apr 28 • Joe Masilotti

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How I built a native iOS app with Rails and one YAML file

And didn't open Xcode once.

Apr 20 • Joe Masilotti

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A different kind of tired

Six months with AI and the code got easier. But something else got more difficult.

Apr 14 • Joe Masilotti

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