David Heinemeier Hansson
Creator of Ruby on Rails, CTO of 37signals, and creator of Omarchy.
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26 Aug 2026
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Recalls holdingThe ideas in software originate with humans; agents build what people tell them to build.
Their words nowI don't think that's true anymore at all.
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26 Aug 2026
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Recalls holdingAn open-weight model is already all anyone needs; it is as good as the frontier models.
Their words nowBut I've been wrong about this before.
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2 Jun 2024
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Recalls holdingRuby on Rails took off because its creator evangelized it by arguing its superiority against the competing alternatives.
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21 Feb 2022 · held 11 months
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No longer holdsCryptocurrency deserves to be dismissed: its problems outweigh its promise, and the trustless world it offers is not one worth wanting.
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13 Dec 2021
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12 Aug 2021
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