5 engineers on Hacker News describe using Hotwire first-hand: 0 endorse it, 3 regret it, 0 are mixed.
“We replaced Hotwire frontend with Inertia and it's night and day. Unless you work 100% alone... hotwire leads to a real mess”
regret · production · 0xblinq · 2025-10-07 · source ↗ · wrong label?“we replaced a super messy hotwire/stimulus frontend with Inertia+React”
regret · production · 0xblinq · 2024-09-07 · source ↗ · wrong label?“even if it was quite fast to build new features with, it became a total nightmare to maintain.”
regret · production · 0xblinq · 2023-12-02 · source ↗ · wrong label?“For the interaction I'm using hotwire and stimulus.”
neutral · production · GenericCanadian · 2024-12-27 · source ↗ · wrong label?“we use the ENTIRE rails stack from Hotwire to Kamal”
neutral · production · jmarchello · 2024-12-19 · source ↗ · wrong label?