DHH
@dhh
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
DHH reflects on his shifting perspective on AI coding assistance. In a prior conversation with Lex Fridman, he resisted letting AI write code directly - but now admits the resistance was partly because models weren't good enough. He used to spend more time rewriting AI output than writing from scratch. That has now flipped.
A call to embrace AI with curiosity rather than skepticism heading into 2026.