2026.4.27

Initial release of Build New — a blank-slate starter for building full-stack apps with Rails 8 + Inertia.js + React 19 + PostgreSQL.

Versions are numbered using the release date in YYYY.MM.DD format.

What's inside

• Rails 8 + Inertia.js + React 19 starter on PostgreSQL
• TypeScript, Tailwind CSS 4, shadcn/ui (new-york), Vite 7
• Authentication with sessions, signup, and password reset (Inertia-rendered)
• Authenticated app shell: sidebar + header with profile dropdown
• Dashboard, Settings, and Profile pages (email + password change from Profile)
• Signup captures the browser's IANA timezone and stores it on the user
• System-preference-based dark mode applied before first paint
• Mobile-responsive layouts
• letter_opener for previewing mail in development at /letter_opener
• Solid Queue, Solid Cache, and Solid Cable consolidated into the primary Postgres database (no Redis, no separate cache/cable databases)
• Per-clone database name derived from the project directory, so cloning the GitHub template gives each project its own Postgres database
• bin/setup → npm install → bin/dev flow for fresh template clones

Full documentation: buildermethods.com/build-new