Chris Oliver (Founder@GoRails) - Hotwire Demystified | Tropical on Rails 2025

🏆💬 Subtitles reviewed and approved by Giovanna Montemurro: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovannasm Chris Oliver, one of the most influential voices in the modern Rails ecosystem, brought his expertise to the #TropicalOnRails 2025 stage with a standout talk titled "Hotwire Demystified." Chris guided the audience through the power of Hotwire, breaking down its components and showing how Rails developers can build lightning-fast, modern applications with minimal JavaScript. His practical insights and clarity on Turbo and Stimulus made the session a true highlight of the event. 🙏 A huge thank you to our Platinum sponsors — Shopify and Linkana — for making this event possible. And to our Gold sponsors: SmartFit, Braze, JetRockets, and AppSignal. Your support fuels the Rails ecosystem and helps us grow a stronger, more connected tech community! 🔗 Follow Chris: GitHub: https://github.com/excid3 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/excid3/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/excid3 🌴 Follow Tropical on Rails: Official site: https://tropicalonrails.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/tropicalonrails LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tropicalonrails Mastodon: https://ruby.social/@tropicalonrails Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tropicalonrails.bsky.social 🙌 Thank you to everyone who joined us in person and to the global Rails community that makes this gathering so inspiring. If you couldn’t attend this year, don’t worry — announcements for Tropical on Rails 2026 are coming soon. You won’t want to miss it!