--- title: How Hotwire Restored My Sanity in Web Development description: A solo developer shares their experience switching from React/SPA architecture to Hotwire, explaining five key reasons for the switch: eliminating redundant... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-hotwire-restored-my-sanity-in-web-development-lx6hti6kl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How Hotwire Restored My Sanity in Web Development | daily.dev og:description: A solo developer shares their experience switching from React/SPA architecture to Hotwire, explaining five key reasons for the switch: eliminating redundant... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-hotwire-restored-my-sanity-in-web-development-lx6hti6kl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lX6hTI6kL.png og:image:alt: How Hotwire Restored My Sanity in Web Development og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How Hotwire Restored My Sanity in Web Development **[Ruby Flow](https://daily.dev/sources/rubyflow)** · 4 min read · 6 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A solo developer shares their experience switching from React/SPA architecture to Hotwire, explaining five key reasons for the switch: eliminating redundant JSON API layers, restoring the database as the single source of truth, using Turbo Frames as independent page islands, using Stimulus.js for lightweight JS interactivity, and gaining significant development velocity as a one-person team. 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