Rails 8 Hotwire War Stories — DnD Assignment, N+1 Auto-Detection, Theme-Aware Favicons
Three real-world problems encountered while building a real-time dashboard with Rails 8 + Hotwire, and how each was solved. 1. Turbo Stream + Stimulus DnD: Events Vanish After DOM Replacement Problem Built a drag-and-drop interface where player chips can be dragged onto court cards. On drop, a POST request fires, and the server responds with Turbo Stream to replace the court card and player list. First drag works. Second drag doesn’t respond at all. ...