DHH

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Father of three, Creator of Ruby on Rails + Omarchy, Co-owner & CTO of 37signals, Shopify director, NYT best-selling author, and Le Mans 24h class-winner.

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DHH on Programming, Rails, AI and Productivity

by dhh, lex-fridman

DHH shares his unconventional path to programming, defends the simplicity of 90s web development, explains Rails 8's 'no build' philosophy, and argues against treating open source as a crisis requiring more funding.

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You can't let the slop and cringe deny you the wonder of AI. This is the most exciting thing we've made computers do since we connected them to the internet. If you spent 2025 being pessimistic or skeptical on AI, why not give the start of 2026 a try with optimism and curiosity?

January 3, 2026

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Make it work (AI). Make it fast (also AI). Make it beautiful (still human).

June 26, 2025