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AI acceleration threatens 'less software': without the constraint of scarce hours, even 37signals will likely build too much.

Drawn from what David Heinemeier Hansson said

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simplicity Less, but better: reduction as the way to make something good, and the argument about when it goes too far.

code generation Machines emitting code and files, and whether the volume they produce is a cost somebody eventually pays.

Less, but better

What makes a design good?under our view: Good design is less: reduce to the essentials and leave nothing arbitrary Why is it harder to simplify than to add?under our view: When building is cheap, editing becomes the scarce skill, and models pull the other way

What David Heinemeier Hansson actually said

  1. David Heinemeier Hansson Creator of Ruby on Rails, CTO of 37signals
    So, this is why I'm quite skeptical about all this new AI acceleration we're having is even us, I think it's quite likely that we could use it wrong to build too much software, to get too far away from less software, learnable software. It still has to fit in the mind of a human.

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    26 Jul 2026 · video · 1h 41m · spoken · machine transcript

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