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No-build Utopia: Modern User Experiences with Rails & Web Standards

Ryan Townsend's wroclove.rb 2026 talk argues Rails was right to embrace HTML-over-the-wire and that five emerging web-platform APIs — View Transitions, Speculation Rules, Compression Dictionaries, Invoker/Interest Invokers, and Declarative Partial Updates — let developers remove client-side JavaScript while getting app-like UX. He traces Rails' frontend history (RJS → Sprockets → Turbo Links → Webpacker 'dark years' → Import Maps / Hotwire / Prop Shaft), urges treating client JavaScript as a liability, and answers questions on migrating from React, Hotwire interop, and HTMX.

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description Talk on no-build frontend with Rails. → Ryan Townsend's wroclove.rb 2026 talk arguing that 'Rails was right all along' about HTML-over-the-wire and that the ...
short_description Talk on no-build frontend with Rails. → Ryan Townsend's wroclove.rb 2026 talk on replacing client JavaScript with Rails + emerging web-platform APIs.
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short_description Ruby developer; speaker on modern web performance and HTTP techniques. → Principal PM at Cloudflare on Web Analytics (RUM); speaker on web performance and no-build Rails.
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create Interest Invokers API → related_to → Invoker Commands API
context (empty) → Companion APIs from Open UI — commands on buttons, interest for hover/long-press.
relation (empty) → related_to
source_node_id (empty) → 0c7d6dbc-9cf9-4466-908a-4809764dd03f
target_node_id (empty) → c0e3f091-f889-4888-bc7b-44017a443c9f
create Declarative Partial Updates → related_to → Hotwire
context (empty) → Standardizes Hotwire's HTML-fragment-streaming model as a browser primitive.
relation (empty) → related_to
source_node_id (empty) → 74d4673d-d4a4-4866-970b-6881a42e0a04
target_node_id (empty) → a0a8a415-bd9e-46ed-8ee3-8448312af347
create Compression Dictionaries → related_to → HTTP Shared Dictionary Compression
context (empty) → Same underlying technique Ryan also raised in Emiliano's Q&A for JSON APIs.
relation (empty) → related_to
source_node_id (empty) → dbf61945-d786-434f-a918-8cd11fa03c63
target_node_id (empty) → 82606a69-79f9-4047-a82d-4bb3bec1778d
create Compression Dictionaries → uses → Brotli
context (empty) → Brotli (DCB encoding) is one of the compression algorithms that integrates with dictionaries.
relation (empty) → uses
source_node_id (empty) → dbf61945-d786-434f-a918-8cd11fa03c63
target_node_id (empty) → a02f5458-efb6-4935-9754-ad96a3c66aa4
create Turbo Links → related_to → Pjax
context (empty) → Turbo Links was Rails' official adoption of the Pjax pattern.
relation (empty) → related_to
source_node_id (empty) → 40c73266-c3fc-42a2-87ad-3bb9c7f8a190
target_node_id (empty) → 70862fc3-bc9d-41b4-911e-62508f820d39
create Prop Shaft → related_to → Sprockets
context (empty) → Prop Shaft replaced Sprockets in the Rails 7+ minimal asset pipeline.
relation (empty) → related_to
source_node_id (empty) → 3db6c9c6-fe33-431f-bdc8-c7cec856f382
target_node_id (empty) → 723da847-88ca-4777-badc-dbca9ca2804a
create Import Maps → related_to → HTTP/2
context (empty) → Import maps exploit HTTP/2's low per-file overhead to replace bundling/concatenation.
relation (empty) → related_to
source_node_id (empty) → 86312e09-19ff-4489-971f-8777754710e2
target_node_id (empty) → 09bad78e-f8a8-4348-a1ef-1dce44d689a5
create Chris Wanstrath → authored → Pjax
context (empty) → Created the Pjax library at GitHub in 2009.
relation (empty) → authored
source_node_id (empty) → 604ae09c-f3b8-4e5e-bfcb-7c0727bb46b9
target_node_id (empty) → 70862fc3-bc9d-41b4-911e-62508f820d39
create Chris Wanstrath → works_at → GitHub
context (empty) → Developed Pjax while at GitHub.
relation (empty) → works_at
source_node_id (empty) → 604ae09c-f3b8-4e5e-bfcb-7c0727bb46b9
target_node_id (empty) → 7b9aabd6-7e21-48b6-b87d-8c99d99c3b34
create Tim Kadlec → works_at → Cloudflare
context (empty) → Colleague of Ryan Townsend at Cloudflare who measured LLM-era JavaScript payload growth.
relation (empty) → works_at
source_node_id (empty) → 0a212458-c72e-47fb-82e6-460d84db0395
target_node_id (empty) → a55e94b3-dde9-43f3-b42b-ba00b37f86a7
create Client-Side JavaScript as Liability → from_talk → No-build Utopia: Modern User Experiences with Rails & Web Standards
context (empty) → Core closing message of the talk.
relation (empty) → from_talk
source_node_id (empty) → 614cc24c-cd76-4b51-808f-fa2ee4aa94cb
target_node_id (empty) → f9b71fb1-e828-4deb-a49d-fdc21bc00cc5
create Measure Client-Side Performance First → from_talk → No-build Utopia: Modern User Experiences with Rails & Web Standards
context (empty) → Ryan's first piece of advice in the migration Q&A.
relation (empty) → from_talk
source_node_id (empty) → a0b42532-b7ca-427f-8c59-fc06f753f14b
target_node_id (empty) → f9b71fb1-e828-4deb-a49d-fdc21bc00cc5
create Grow Frontend Complexity Organically → from_talk → No-build Utopia: Modern User Experiences with Rails & Web Standards
context (empty) → Summary of the Loren-Stewart-inspired gradient prescription.
relation (empty) → from_talk
source_node_id (empty) → 5175ee0d-c87c-4590-89e5-8a67b39e09f6
target_node_id (empty) → f9b71fb1-e828-4deb-a49d-fdc21bc00cc5
create Most SPAs See Only One Soft Navigation → from_talk → No-build Utopia: Modern User Experiences with Rails & Web Standards
context (empty) → Data point Ryan uses to undermine the SPA-for-snappy-nav argument.
relation (empty) → from_talk
source_node_id (empty) → 589abe15-b3ac-45b5-99e6-9e1e977f4670
target_node_id (empty) → f9b71fb1-e828-4deb-a49d-fdc21bc00cc5
create Rails leads JS frameworks on Core Web Vitals → from_talk → No-build Utopia: Modern User Experiences with Rails & Web Standards
context (empty) → Chart shown during the talk backing the 'Rails was right' thesis.
relation (empty) → from_talk
source_node_id (empty) → 9e048484-1783-4c8f-ba93-a9bce19d64b5
target_node_id (empty) → f9b71fb1-e828-4deb-a49d-fdc21bc00cc5
create Measure Client-Side Performance First → about → Cloudflare Web Analytics
context (empty) → The takeaway names Cloudflare Web Analytics as an example RUM product.
relation (empty) → about
source_node_id (empty) → a0b42532-b7ca-427f-8c59-fc06f753f14b
target_node_id (empty) → b869bef3-84d0-4904-babe-be87aec495e9
create Client-Side JavaScript as Liability → about → Ruby on Rails
context (empty) → Ties the prescription to Rails + the web platform being enough for 99.99% of apps.
relation (empty) → about
source_node_id (empty) → 614cc24c-cd76-4b51-808f-fa2ee4aa94cb
target_node_id (empty) → 7aac705a-0987-49f2-b665-9d4e08a6acee
create Grow Frontend Complexity Organically → about → Complexity Gradient
context (empty) → The takeaway operationalizes Loren Stewart's complexity gradient.
relation (empty) → about
source_node_id (empty) → 5175ee0d-c87c-4590-89e5-8a67b39e09f6
target_node_id (empty) → 083332ed-0782-44ba-ab65-f92fa2ce092a
create How to migrate a 5-year-old Rails+React app toward no-build? → asked_at → No-build Utopia: Modern User Experiences with Rails & Web Standards
context (empty) → Asked during the Q&A after Ryan's talk.
relation (empty) → asked_at
source_node_id (empty) → cebe1ebe-9bf6-4c27-86c7-eaaad2025f11
target_node_id (empty) → f9b71fb1-e828-4deb-a49d-fdc21bc00cc5
create How to migrate a 5-year-old Rails+React app toward no-build? → about → React
context (empty) → Specifically about migrating off React.
relation (empty) → about
source_node_id (empty) → cebe1ebe-9bf6-4c27-86c7-eaaad2025f11
target_node_id (empty) → 5026a4fc-0c6e-49d7-bb7d-29be23b72b24
create How to migrate a 5-year-old Rails+React app toward no-build? → about → Cloudflare Web Analytics
context (empty) → Ryan recommends measurement, citing Cloudflare Web Analytics as one option.
relation (empty) → about
source_node_id (empty) → cebe1ebe-9bf6-4c27-86c7-eaaad2025f11
target_node_id (empty) → b869bef3-84d0-4904-babe-be87aec495e9
create Do you end up fighting Turbo when adopting these new APIs? → asked_at → No-build Utopia: Modern User Experiences with Rails & Web Standards
context (empty) → Asked during the Q&A.
relation (empty) → asked_at
source_node_id (empty) → bf49dab5-b6f4-4488-8195-143a90259491
target_node_id (empty) → f9b71fb1-e828-4deb-a49d-fdc21bc00cc5
create Do you end up fighting Turbo when adopting these new APIs? → about → Turbo
context (empty) → Question centers on Turbo + Turbo broadcasts interop.
relation (empty) → about
source_node_id (empty) → bf49dab5-b6f4-4488-8195-143a90259491
target_node_id (empty) → 0071d9d0-23d6-4880-af20-5c3369e78423
create Do you end up fighting Turbo when adopting these new APIs? → about → Declarative Partial Updates
context (empty) → Ryan's answer points to this API as a future standardization of Turbo's model.
relation (empty) → about
source_node_id (empty) → bf49dab5-b6f4-4488-8195-143a90259491
target_node_id (empty) → 74d4673d-d4a4-4866-970b-6881a42e0a04
create What about HTMX? → asked_at → No-build Utopia: Modern User Experiences with Rails & Web Standards
context (empty) → Asked during the Q&A.
relation (empty) → asked_at
source_node_id (empty) → 18fa90a5-4817-4c09-be75-304887ca09a8
target_node_id (empty) → f9b71fb1-e828-4deb-a49d-fdc21bc00cc5
create What about HTMX? → about → htmx
context (empty) → Direct question about HTMX as a Hotwire alternative.
relation (empty) → about
source_node_id (empty) → 18fa90a5-4817-4c09-be75-304887ca09a8
target_node_id (empty) → 704680e3-3592-445c-b2b7-c6e2435d08a6
create Ryan Townsend → recommends → htmx
context (empty) → In Q&A called HTMX 'a great little library' that works well with Rails.
relation (empty) → recommends
source_node_id (empty) → e3b7fd5e-d68c-4961-a643-f0a2e4f9225a
target_node_id (empty) → 704680e3-3592-445c-b2b7-c6e2435d08a6
create Ryan Townsend → works_on → Declarative Partial Updates
attrs (empty) → {"role" => "advocate"}
context (empty) → Plans to push browser vendors to adopt this as his first browser API.
relation (empty) → works_on
source_node_id (empty) → e3b7fd5e-d68c-4961-a643-f0a2e4f9225a
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