First customer app is LIVE IN THE APP STORE!! All powered by Ruby Native, a Rails website, and some YAML. Try it here: rubynative.com

In the last few weeks, I've realized I'm not as freaked out about AI as I was at the beginning of the year. I've been throwing myself into the tools and using them extensively in all my projects. And after some time getting acclimated, I feel mostly settled about the following things...

hello friends! after taking a bit of a podcast hiatus, I'm baaack! and I'm starting a new podcast with @joemasilotti.com listen as I try to (re)build my consulting business and figure out how to thrive as an independent developer/marketer/founder in the age of ai. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Adding in-app purchases to a Hotwire Native app is painful. StoreKit. Play Billing. Two platforms, two languages, two approaches. Then webhooks from both stores. Different formats, different signing. 😫 So I fixed it.

I'm trying something new… need to add in-app purchases to your Hotwire Native app? 👉 purchasekit.dev

I collected all Ruby Black Friday deals I could find & posted them in one spot. Highlights include: $130 off @beautifulruby.com Phlex on Rails course $81 off @gorails.com annual subscription +20% @joemasilotti.com Hotwire native content Lots of @pragprog.com deals Enjoy! 🦃🔥💰

Coming tomorrow: my most in-depth article yet. 2,000+ words on handling Hotwire Native authentication across web, iOS, & Android. All without writing tons of native code or adding new API endpoints. Launches tomorrow to paid subscribers. Full code, too. open.substack.com/pub/joemasil...

Hey @joemasilotti.com, it's here! Congrats on the physical release, and again, well done on the book. It's a good one!

Finally have my physical copy of this book! Can’t wait to dive into it! @joemasilotti.com

Some light reading for the flight home from #RailsWorld @joemasilotti.com

It's here folks, it's finally here!!

Ever run into this issue in your Hotwire Native app? It kinda kills the "native" vibe when the web view peeks through the native bars. Lucky for us, the fix is two lines of code! masilotti.com/hotwire-nati...

What's hiding in these envelopes? 🤔 Just a little something in store for the next meetup on June 5th. Come join the fun! Huge thank you to @rubycentral.org , @gorails.com, @joemasilotti.com and @andycroll.bsky.social for being such awesome and generous members of the Ruby community! 🫶

Spring Best Sellers Sale Week 3 - The Red Carpet - ♥️ Ruby/Rails ♥️ 40% Off – This Week Only! Code: 2025RAILS at checkout pragprog.com/titles/... by @joemasilotti.com

Celebrate 200+ stars, I'm excited to share my new library. 📲 Bridge Components for Hotwire Native apps • 13+ components • iOS and Android support • Example iOS, Android, and Rails apps • Full source code Copy-paste into your app and wire up the HTML! github.com/joemasilotti...

Ask @joemasilotti.com ... How does my web app suddenly get native look and feel? Joe's book: pragprog.com/titles/...

I'm officially announcing a new product to my newsletter tomorrow. Subscribers will also get exclusive access to a huge discount code. masilotti.com/newsletter/

I woke up this morning to 600+ emails to be screened in and a notification from my bank that I was locked out of my account. Not entirely sure what's going on yet. But it doesn't seem good.

Honestly, not too far off!

Ask Joe Masilotti... More Hotwire Native answers with author of best seller: pragprog.com/titles/jmnat... @joemasilotti.com chats with @pragdave.bsky.social

Big things are coming to the Hotwire Native demo site! Follow along on GitHub: github.com/hotwired/hot...

Author of best seller: pragprog.com/titles/jmnat... @joemasilotti.com talks with @pragdave.bsky.social about Hotwire Native...

PragProg BestSellers This Week pragprog.com/best_sellers/ #1. Ash Framework #2 Hotwire Native for Rails Devs #3 Engineering Elixir Applications Congratulations: @sevensea.cat @zachdaniel.dev @joemasilotti.com Ellie Fairholm, Josep Giralt D'Lacoste and the rest of our amazing authors!

Just Out: PragProg author Joe Masilotti, The Hotwire Native Guy, joins Elise Shaffer on TheRubyOnRailsPodcast to talk about how Hotwire Native can help you build mobile apps out of your Rails apps. www.therubyonrailspo... https://pragprog.com/titles/jmnative/ @joemasilotti.com #rails #podcast

Did you know you can read most of chapters 1, 2, and 5 of my book… for free? Click the excerpt link next to the table of contents! pragprog.com/titles/jmnat...

A lot of folks have been asking me what exactly they’ll learn in my new book, Hotwire Native for Rails Developers. So here’s a quick chapter-by-chapter rundown of what’s inside. 👇

Celebrating first the beta release of 2025: Hotwire Native for Rails Developers by Joe Masilotti. @joemasilotti.com Details in article: medium.com/pragmatic-pr... Pick up the ebook: pragprog.com/titles/jmnat... #programming #pragprog #books #RubyOnRails #hotwire #swift #ios #mobile

Week 02 - Hotwire Native book, Skeleton Frames, and more! hotwireweekly.com/archive/week...

New in Beta Hotwire Native for Rails Developers https://pragprog.com/titles/jmnative Add Hotwire Native to your Rails app; start creating native iOS and Android applications, and make your app look and feel native to their platform. Congratulations @joemasilotti.com !!

I'm beyond excited to announce that you can now buy my book, Hotwire Native for Rails Developers, currently in beta on The Pragmatic Bookshelf. 🥳 pragprog.com/titles/jmnat...

Big announcement coming this week. Perhaps the most important one of my career so far. 🤫

And now… the fun begins. Where's my red pen!

Hotwire Native 1.1 is here! This release simplifies configuration, resolves bugs, and introduces new features, making it easier to build web-first native apps with Rails. Here's a full breakdown, along with how to fix any breaking changes in your apps. masilotti.com/hotwire-nati...

December's newsletter goes out tomorrow! And it includes a subscriber-exclusive announcement - add your email to hear about it first: masilotti.com/newsletter

Since my domain is masilotti.com it made my handle here @masilotti. Which made me realize that folks might not be able to find me if they know me from other platforms! So I registered joemasilotti.com and set up a wildcard redirect to masilotti.com. Now I'm @joemasilotti everywhere!

Hotwire Native iOS v1.0.1 is here! This release fixes an issue where switching between native tabs would cause a full page load. It also exposes a new way to reload the web view directly from the Navigator, which is especially helpful after signing in or out. github.com/hotwired/hot...

Isn't caffeine great? I can just pretend to ignore that I only got 5 hours of sleep last night! 😬

See this little button component - the dynamic text or image in the upper right? Guess how many lines of code for iOS. Then guess how many for Android. 😅

I've been struggling with what to post since coming back from parental leave. And working on my book means I'm doing less "real" Hotwire Native dev work day-to-day. So, I'd love to know what you want to learn about! Reply with a Hotwire Native topic you want to see me cover.

Jumpstart Pro iOS just got a huge update! 🚀 • Hotwire Native support • 6,000+ lines of code lighter • Simplified architecture • Cookie-based authentication • 5 new bridge components And the best part? It's $50 off today for @excid3.com's Black Friday deal. jumpstartrails.com

Does bin/rails db:reset not work with SQLite? It seems like it only runs db:drop then db:create then… stops? The migrations and seeds are never run.

Hey everyone, I'm Joe Masilotti, the Hotwire Native guy! I help Rails developers build web-powered iOS and Android apps with Hotwire Native. And I'm currently writing a book on Hotwire Native for Rails developers - no Swift or Kotlin experience necessary. masilotti.com/hotwire-nati...