Rails X

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Argues that Rails must evolve now and shows concrete pieces already doing it: Vite Rails plus a Bundled JavaScript runtime via Bundle Bun for consistent front-end builds, Action Cable Next to make websockets async, and Active Job continuations for workflow orchestration. Demonstrates Rails running in the browser via WASM with AI-assisted feature generation using Bolt — it works but the UI looks rough. Concludes Rails X is the community-built ecosystem, not a core-team decree.

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1. 0:00Rails X introduction
2. 6:31Community feedback
3. 9:23Active Record concerns
4. 12:17Competitors like Laravel
5. 14:48Front-end challenges
6. 16:16Assets pipeline and Vite
7. 19:11Rails for solo devs
8. 21:36Onboarding improvements
9. 25:15UI components limits
10. 27:23Scalability issues
11. 28:26Service classes
12. 30:31Active Job workflow
13. 32:00Performance and async
14. 34:32Future Rails X features
15. 35:14Developer experience
16. 38:29Front-end beyond Hotwire
17. 38:49Language servers
18. 41:38Type safety in Rails
19. 43:06AI-native Rails
20. 44:49Onboarding non-coders
21. 48:47Rails X vision
22. 50:12Call to action

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