I never personally used Turbolinks but I heard rather unflattering opinions about it. Basecamp/37signals has a long history with Rails so probably they know its ins and outs.
Is it feasible to work as - let's say - solo developer in the startup?
Is it feasible to work as - let's say - solo developer in the startup?
I was one of many devs that would always setup new Rails projects without Turbolinks. Last year, I started a new product at work with a slim team and an eye on simplifying our tech and processes. This included giving Turbolinks and Stimulus a try.
Long story short, it was simple and straightforward and has a notable impact on perceived performance after the initial page load. We had a great experience with it.
These days with Turbolinks 5 it’s quite straightforward. There are some gotchas, but the readme covers various edge cases pretty thoroughly.
Since that project, I’ve gone solo and am working on my own commercial endeavor - and while I’ve been building large scale SPAs since before they were called RIAs, my new product is sure enough using Turbolinks (+ Stimulus).
My understanding is that Turbolinks 6 is coming soon that should be better, still.
Its actual aim is to provide SPA like experience without modern JS complexity which is ideal for solo devs/small teams.
Also, it is worth noting that they are using Stimulusjs framework with Turbolinks.
Every time, I want it to work but you as you mentioned there's a few gotchas here and there that catch me unaware that cause me to shy away.
In the rails JS camp though is StimulusJS. I swear by this for developers that want a bit of JS sugar but don't need the full suite of Vue or React.
I would love for someone with more experience to to answer your question.