I’m Jonathan, the CTO of Loyal, with over two decades of experience in software development for startups. This space is where I share my experiences, insights, and opinions—both popular and unconventional.
My ramblings will be on mobile and web applications, startup launches, favorite books, user acquisition, user experience, (maybe parenting) and most importantly, driving revenue.
I've seen too many great products get built for problems that didn't exist. Here's the systematic validation framework I use to test ideas in 4 weeks—combining AI-powered outreach with real customer conversations.
I got my CTO Academy certification a couple years ago. Best investment I made in my career. Here's why every developer should consider it.
SF Ruby Conference 2025 videos are live. Start with Carmine Paolino's RubyLLM keynote—one API for every AI model, pure Ruby elegance.
Audio keeps playing when users navigate away in Hotwire Native. Three solutions: Stimulus disconnect, viewWillDisappear override, or native player. Here's when to use each.
Hotwire Native doesn't handle tab switching out of the box. Here's the path configuration pattern I use in PrayAI and Fitivity to make links switch tabs automatically.
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