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David Heinemeier Hansson · 16 korrents · 15 pieces · world.hey.com

Let the agents democratize open source1 korrent · 1 Jun 2026 · no page here yet

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AI coding agents advance open source's founding goal by letting far more people modify software, so barring AI-assisted contributions protects a guild rather than the mission.

Executives should be the least busy people1 korrent · 31 Jul 2025 · no page here yet

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An executive's empty calendar is a feature, not laziness: availability is what the job requires.

Don't make Google sell Chrome1 korrent · 28 Apr 2025 · no page here yet

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Forcing Google to divest Chrome would damage the web, even though Google should not be allowed to rig the online ad market.

We'll always need junior programmers1 korrent · 24 Apr 2025 · no page here yet

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However capable AI coding tools become, the industry will still need junior programmers, because someone must be able to vet what the machine produces.

Universal Basic Dead End1 korrent · 7 Apr 2025 · no page here yet

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Universal basic income is at most a small part of the answer to AI-driven job loss.

Our cloud-exit savings will now top ten million over five years1 korrent · 17 Oct 2024 · no page here yet

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Leaving the cloud for owned hardware cut 37signals' annual infrastructure bill from $3.2M to $1.3M without growing the operations team.

Why I retired from the tech crusades1 korrent · a turn · 2 Jun 2024 · no page here yet

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Ruby on Rails took off because its creator evangelized it by arguing its superiority against the competing alternatives.

Open source is neither a community nor a democracy1 korrent · 16 May 2024 · no page here yet

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Using an open source project confers no right to a say in its direction; open source is run by those who do the work, not by democratic vote of its users.

Turbo 8 is dropping TypeScript1 korrent · 6 Sept 2023 · no page here yet

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TypeScript's type annotations cost more in friction than they return in safety, and a front-end framework is better off written in plain JavaScript.

Hybrid combines the worst of office and remote work1 korrent · 8 Jun 2023 · no page here yet

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Hybrid work is the worst of both arrangements: it destroys the main benefits of remote work while also failing to deliver the benefits of an office.

In defense of the office1 korrent · 8 May 2023 · no page here yet

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Requiring people to work from an office is a legitimate way to run a company, and remote-work advocates are wrong to claim moral superiority over it.

Why we're leaving the cloud1 korrent · 19 Oct 2022 · no page here yet

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Renting computers from a cloud provider is mostly a bad deal for medium-sized companies with stable growth.

I was wrong, we need crypto1 korrent · a turn · 21 Feb 2022 · no page here yet

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Cryptocurrency deserves to be dismissed: its problems outweigh its promise, and the trustless world it offers is not one worth wanting.

I won't let you pay me for my open source2 korrents · a turn · 13 Dec 2021 · no page here yet

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Modern web apps without JavaScript bundling or transpiling1 korrent · a turn · 12 Aug 2021 · no page here yet

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The complexity of a JavaScript bundling and transpiling toolchain is a bargain worth making, and the right default for building web applications.