This talk pushed devs to try Hotwire Native
My Rails World keynote recording is live - watch how we’re making native apps possible for small teams.
Hey friends,
Rails World 2025 was a whirlwind: 800+ developers, two packed days, and I got to give my first ever keynote! If you couldn’t make it to Amsterdam (or just want to relive it), the full recording is now live on YouTube.
In my talk, I share:
why native apps feel impossible for small teams.
how Hotwire Native lowers the barrier to shipping on iOS and Android.
the bridge component library that makes adding native features dead-simple.
It’s now the single-best starting point if you’re curious about building a mobile app with Rails. Several folks told me afterward that this was the push they needed to finally try Hotwire Native for themselves.
Hotwire Native around the web
Hotwire Native is extremely future proof
Dennis Paagman wrote a quick post about updating his Hotwire Native app to iOS 26.
Upgrading your app to the new look requires exactly 0 lines of code! Just a few clicks and some patience.
I touched on this in my keynote so it’s awesome to see it applying in the real world. Hotwire Native uses first-party iOS and Android components, so there’s no waiting for the maintainers to update before things just work on new operating system version.
Native Apple OAuth with Hotwire Native
Mike Dalton explains how he implemented a native Sign in with Apple button in his Hotwire Native app.
By leveraging Devise, Omniauth and the Omniauth Apple gems, he is able to write minimal Rails code. Most of the implementation is wrapping a POST request to the server after the user signs in!
OAuth in Hotwire Native apps is one of the most requested topics I get from developers. I’m planning on covering this is a long-form post soon, along with example code.
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