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We want to share what we learn—opinions, announcements, views, and advice from the individuals at Katalyst.

  • Seamless Loading with Hotwire Native

    Hotwire Native makes it easy to wrap a Rails app. It’s quick, lightweight, and gets you from a Rails mobile web app to a native app with minimal fuss.

    But there’s a catch: Hotwire native apps boot fast but then drops the user into a blank screen with a loading spinner while the page actually loads. That doesn’t feel native at all!

    By Stephen, Alan,

  • Wrapping Up 2024: Team retro, disc golf, and dinner in the city

    To close out the year, we got together for our annual end-of-year team event and dinner. 

    By Andrew,

  • New office in Kent Town

     Katalyst Interactive has moved to our new office in Kent Town on the city fringe.

    By Andrew,

  • Team Event - Kayaks, Shipwrecks, and Christmas lunch.

    Our team went kayaking at Garden Island to explore shipwrecks and the mangroves for our annual end-of-year celebration

    By Andrew,

  • Integrating AI into high-traffic Rails apps

    In this post, we'll explore a straightforward approach to integrating AI services, specifically the OpenAI Chat API, into a high-traffic Ruby on Rails website. Our focus is on efficient query handling without overburdening server resources or compromising API token security.

    By Stephen,

  • Building a Rails app without a database

    In this post, we explain the implementation of a rails app without a database. A benefit of building without storage is a reduction in ongoing costs for the client, as this approach eliminates the overhead of compliance and audit costs

    By Brendan,

  • Turbo cache control in practice

    A technical retrospective on using turbo cache control attributes to optimise the user experience for the Adelaide Fringe website.

    By Stephen,

  • Team Event - A retro on a summer day with family and our favourite pizza toppings!

    Katalyst celebrated the end of the year with a team retrospective, hosting lunch for family and friends, and baking pizzas with delicious and interesting topping combinations.

    By Andrew,

  • What is Katalyst investment time?

    Every Friday we take the latter half of the day to “Invest” in ourselves as individuals, in Katalyst as a living organisation, and to give value back to the world of open-source software.

    By Alan,

  • April engineering blog

    Our engineering team provide a peek behind the scenes and tell us about custom rails routing, Koi updates, SMS notifications and much more.

    By Andrew,

  • Team event - Disc golf in the city parklands

    The team at Katalyst voted to play disc golf for our most recent team event.

    By Andrew,

  • Team event - Mountain bike tour in McLaren Vale

    Our team headed out to beautiful McLaren Vale with Escapegoat Adventures for a team event. Breathtaking views and locally produced craft beer!

    By Andrew,

  • Katalyst Family Day at the Pageant 2019

    This year our team had the idea to use the new Katalyst office to watch the parade and so we made this into a family day!

    By Andrew,

  • Pick My Project wins 2019 AMY Awards for Social Good!

    Winner of both the Product and Campaign awards for Social Good category was the Pick My Project website developed by Katalyst Interactive for the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Victoria.

    By Andrew,

  • New office on King William Street

    After many years at our office location on iconic Leigh Street, Katalyst Interactive has found a new office on King William Street that we’ll be calling home from January 2019.

    By Andrew,

  • Best in Class Winner - 2018 Australia Good Design Award!

    Winner of Best in Class Good Design Award 2018, Fund My Neighbourhood was developed by Katalyst Interactive for the South Australian Department of Premier and Cabinet.

  • First Place Winner - 2017 United Nations Public Service Awards!

    The Fund My Community initiative was awarded first place winner at the 2017 United Nations Public Service Awards. e Fund My Community website was developed by Katalyst Interactive for the South Australian Department of Premier and Cabinet.

  • Givematcher wins Good Design Award

    Winner of the 2015 Good Design Award was Givematcher. The brainchild of Frank Demoiseau, Katalyst Interactive worked with Frank to develop his start-up idea.