Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Betterstimulus

Dear subscribers,

I wanted to reach out to you with the final news of this year and an outlook into the next one. Here we go:

New Free Hotwire Club Solutions 🎁

I've made all solutions of 2023 publicly accessible. Here are the newly published ones:

• https://www.patreon.com/posts/sample-solution-91138186

• https://www.patreon.com/posts/sample-solution-93224074

• https://www.patreon.com/posts/sample-solution-92577974

• https://www.patreon.com/posts/sample-solution-91497988

• https://www.patreon.com/posts/sample-solution-94064709

Betterstimulus Pro Articles for Hotwire Club Members 🤓

Silently, I've been chipping away at another perk for anyone who has a paying subscription for the Hotwire Club. First of all, earlier this fall I introduced the Betterstimulus Cookbook, which is hopefully becoming a valuable resource for tried and tested, ready to use Stimulus controllers that can help you level up your app.

But more than that, Hotwire Club members can now access "Pro" recipes by signing in with their Patreon accounts. I've already published the first such dropdown and will add more as I extract them from my apps. This first controller is for a "radio dropdown" menu:

https://www.betterstimulus.com/cookbook/dom-manipulation/radio-dropdown

Videos Coming In 2025 📹

I've made plans to create some explainer videos next year. I've made a list of the most accessed and/or liked challenges so far that I will use to create small Rails apps to explain by screencast (rather than creating completely new ones). These will include

• https://hotwire.club/blog/2024-04-23-stimulus-progressive-image-loading-blurhash/

• https://hotwire.club/blog/2024-01-16-stimulus-action-parameters/

• https://hotwire.club/blog/2024-03-26-optimistic-ui-with-turbo-8-morphs/

and more.

I've not yet settled on pricing and access yet. My plan is to make these videos available to all paying members across the board, hoping for one more incentive to pay for a subscription. As this is an experiment, I'd be delighted to hear your feedback!

To be fair, though, producing screencasts is far more work than writing blog posts, so I appeal to your patience 😉

So, let's meet again in 2025. With only the best wishes for you and your dears,

Julian

Hey, it’s Julian 👋

You probably know me from one of my open source endeavors (StimulusReflex, CableReady, TurboBoost) or one of the info products I built.

But apart from this, I’m a freelance Ruby on Rails consultant with a focus on simplicity, aesthetics and code quality. I especially know Reactive Rails technologies like Hotwire (Turbo, Stimulus) inside out and can help you transition to a brighter future with less tech debt and more flexibility.

I’ve got the following offerings for you:

• Get your Ruby on Rails app moving (again) Have a question on how to apply Hotwire to your application, or want a fresh pair of eyes on your codebase? I can help!

• Add Power-Ups to your Bullet Train installation Demo Mode, Announcements, Table Filtering, Inline Editing, etc….

• Outstanding Sound Branding for Small Businesses and Content Creators Yep, you read that right. If you are a podcast producer, run ads etc… - talk to me!