Archive - Hotwire Native Weekly

Hotwire Native deep dive: Native Polish

Practical ways to make your Hotwire Native app feel right at home on iOS and Android.

Dec 18 • Joe Masilotti

Missed the Fizzy livestream? Here’s the recap.

From a blank Xcode project to a working Hotwire Native prototype.

Dec 10 • Joe Masilotti

The week my products finally felt real

I made $6,000 in product sales last week and it changed how I think about my business.

Dec 3 • Joe Masilotti

Hotwire Native office hours this Thursday

Paid members only + last chance for 20% off membership.

Dec 1 • Joe Masilotti

November 2025

Hotwire Native Black Friday Sale

Discounts on my book, Bridge Components PRO, Jumpstart Pro, and more.

Nov 24 • Joe Masilotti

Hotwire Native deep dive: Push Notifications

Native push notifications are tricky to implement because there's tons of moving pieces. Here's my step-by-step process to get them working in your…

Nov 20 • Joe Masilotti

Hotwire Native Around the Web - November

Links to articles on debugging Hotwire Native, deep links, Google Sign-In, and more from other Hotwire Native developers.

Nov 11 • Joe Masilotti

Ruby already solved my problem 😅

One great question in office hours led me to delete a whole class.

Nov 7 • Joe Masilotti

Hotwire Native office hours this Thursday

Paid members only - calendar and Zoom links inside.

Nov 4 • Joe Masilotti

New bridge component: NFC Scanner

And the official GitHub Project to share what components are coming next.

Nov 2 • Joe Masilotti

October 2025

My failed live stream yesterday 😅

Yesterday I hosted my first live stream on Substack. And it was kind of a failure.

Oct 31 • Joe Masilotti

Using Swift to build… Android apps?

Apple just announced the first preview releases of Swift for Android. Does this mean we can finally build mobile apps with only one native language?

Oct 26 • Joe Masilotti

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