Technology Comparison Lab

Explore and compare modern web technologies through practical implementations. Build the same applications using different approaches to understand their strengths, trade-offs, and unique characteristics.

Hotwire

Server-driven approach

Turbo: SPA-like navigation with server-rendered HTML
Stimulus: Modest JavaScript for enhanced interactions
Philosophy: HTML-first with progressive enhancement

Inertia.js

Modern SPA experience

React: Component-based UI with TypeScript
Vite: Fast build tool with hot module replacement
Philosophy: Client-side components with server routing

Current Experiments

LIVE EXPERIMENT

Feedback System

A complete feedback collection system featuring real-time updates, form validation, error handling, and live UI refreshes. Compare how each technology handles form submissions, data validation, and dynamic content updates.

Features
Real-time updates
Form validation
Error handling
Live UI refresh
PLANNED

Social Platform

Twitter-like microblogging platform with real-time feeds, user interactions, notifications, and live updates.

• Real-time timeline updates
• User authentication & profiles
• Like, retweet, reply functionality
• Live notifications
Hotwire Inertia
PLANNED

Admin Dashboard

Complex data management interface with advanced filtering, search, bulk operations, and detailed analytics.

• Advanced data tables
• Real-time search & filtering
• Bulk actions & operations
• Interactive charts & analytics
Hotwire Inertia

No Silver Bullets

Every technology has strengths and weaknesses. Understanding trade-offs helps make informed decisions.

Learn by Doing

Building identical features with different approaches reveals nuances that theory alone cannot teach.

Cross-pollinate Ideas

Apply learnings from one approach to improve the other. Innovation comes from combining ideas.

Ready to Explore?

Start with our feedback system to see how the same functionality can be implemented using completely different philosophical approaches.