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David Heinemeier Hansson

What David Heinemeier Hansson thinks about AGI

@dhh · 154 positions · 10 changes of mind

Creator of Ruby on Rails, CTO of 37signals, and creator of Omarchy.

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5 dated positions, 2024 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what David Heinemeier Hansson has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingOmarchy could reasonably switch its packaging system to Nix.

    Their wordsMaybe Nix is like Rust: Amazing if you don't have to look at the code! I'm open to the idea that Omarchy Cinque could switch packaging system if I never have to look at nixlang, there are no ergonomic regressions, and we have full repo sovereignty.

    ↗@dhh on Xx.com

    OmarchyNix

    Interesting
  2. 1 day earlier

  3. Our readingThe very large productivity gains from agents require working with them directly; putting another human in between is too slow to preserve the gain.

    Their wordsThe revelation I've had working on Omarchy the last three months is that to get that magical 10X, 100X, in a few rare cases, 1000X productivity boost, you have to interact with the agents directly, and you cannot intermediate that bandwidth with another human because it's simply too slow.

    ↗DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & Linux | Lex Fridman Podcast #501youtube.com 5th of 41 in this recording

    Omarchy

    Interesting

  5. Our readingOverly prescriptive instructions make a coding agent worse, for the same reason a micromanaging boss makes a programmer worse.

    Their wordsit was actually being damaged by overly prescriptive humans. And any programmer who's had a pointy-haired boss knows exactly what that is like. When the boss walks into the room, doesn't know anything, starts telling you how to program, how to code. What do you do? You sulk. You write shittier code if you're mandated to do things that are against your better judgment. Why would an agent not be the same?

    ↗DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & Linux | Lex Fridman Podcast #501youtube.com 14th of 41 in this recording

    Interesting
  6. 5 months earlier

  7. Our readingThe end state is agents that need none of our accommodations, no on-ramp, CLI or MCP; the CLI being built now is for today, not for AGI.

    Their wordsAnd that seems like the end state. The end state is that agents will not need any of our accommodations. They do not need any on-ramp.

    ↗DHH’s new way of writing codeyoutube.com 10th of 20 in this recording

    MCP

    Interesting
  8. 19 months earlier

  9. Our readingAI may never reach the promised land: nobody understands how it works, and VR shows a vivid future can simply fail to arrive.

    Their wordsit may also not work like we may literally never get to the promised land we don't even understand how the current AI works

    ↗DHH Is Right About Everythingyoutube.com 9th of 8 in this recording

    Interesting