When broadcasting a Turbo refresh is not enough: faster UX with versioned immediate updates

The simplest way to make a page collaborative with Hotwire and Rails is to subscribe to changes and broadcast a refresh when relevant models update. But that approach sometimes causes a problem. This post explains the refresh approach, the problem and the fix. The full monty. The problem Let’s assume we’re implementing a game because that is an example I have handy. My little MinesVsHumanit...