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David Heinemeier Hansson

What David Heinemeier Hansson thinks about Ruby

@dhh · 747 positions · 10 changes of mind · On ppll ↗

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

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

  1. Our readingIt is no longer an economically viable enterprise to have humans typing out lines of Ruby, Rust, or C++ because coding agents have become so good.

    coding agents

    Their wordsCoding agents have gotten so good that it's simply not an economically viable enterprise going forward to have humans typing out lines of Ruby, Rust, or C++.

    ↗Over my dead pencilworld.hey.com

  2. 6 weeks earlier

  3. Our readingThe programming language is now English, and it is a more beautiful one than Ruby.

    Their wordsThe language now is English. It's a cliche, but it's also true. Like I've been programming in English for the last three months. I've been reading a lot of code, but I'm programming in English. I'm telling the computer what to do, and I'm using natural language, and it is shockingly even more delightful. If there is one programming language more beautiful than Ruby, it is the English language.

    ↗DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & Linux | Lex Fridman Podcast #501youtube.com 33rd of 41 in this recording

  4. 5 months earlier

  5. Our readingFor a web developer Linux is simply better than the Mac: closer to what you deploy on, with phenomenal tooling and a reproducible setup.

    Linux

    Their wordsanyone who's working with the web, who's working with Ruby, who's doing DevOps, they should be on Linux because first of all, that's closer to what we deploy.

    ↗DHH’s new way of writing codeyoutube.com 2nd of 21 in this recording

  7. Our reading · no longer heldThe joy of a programmer is to type the code himself; promoting yourself out of that makes you a project manager of a murder of AI crows.

    No longer holdsI have been hyper accelerated as a programmer. It's a different kind of programmer, but it still has the same affinity to aesthetics, at least when I'm producing Ruby code.

    Saidthat's the biggest revelation actually more than even the capacity of the agents is my enjoyment running them.

    ↗DHH’s new way of writing codeyoutube.com 13th of 21 in this recording

  8. 9 months earlier

  9. Our readingRuby's design rests on trust in programmers' unlimited capacity to learn, the opposite of Java's dark view of them as fools to be sandboxed.

    design

    Their wordsMatz went the completely opposite direction. He believes in humanity. He believes in the unlimited capacity of programmers to learn and become better. So much so that he's willing to put the stranger at his own level.

    ↗DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity & Parenting | Lex Fridman Podcast #474youtube.com 3rd of 36 in this recording

  11. Our readingRuby must never get static typing: dynamic duck typing is the essence of what makes Ruby Ruby.

    Their wordsIt's the essence of what makes Ruby Ruby. This is why I don't fully understand when people call for Ruby to add static typing. 'Cause to me, it's the bedrock of what this is.

    ↗DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity & Parenting | Lex Fridman Podcast #474youtube.com 5th of 36 in this recording

  13. Our readingRuby is a luxury language, the Coco Chanel of programming, and 99% of web applications can afford it because their real cost is people, not CPU.

    Their wordsRuby is a luxury language. It's a luxury, the highest luxury in my opinion. It is the Coco Chanel of programming languages. Something that not everyone can afford. And I mean this in the best possible way.

    ↗DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity & Parenting | Lex Fridman Podcast #474youtube.com 8th of 36 in this recording

  14. 11 days earlier

  15. Our readingRuby is probably his forever language, and he still tries new languages to widen the aperture.

    taste

    Their wordseven though I love Ruby and I think Ruby probably is my forever language, I continue to hop into new languages and get a taste for them and try them.

    ↗DHH discusses Linux and Omarchyyoutube.com 8th of 9 in this recording

  16. 9 months earlier

  17. Our readingRuby must never get static typing: dynamic duck typing is the essence of what makes Ruby Ruby.

    Their wordsstatic typing is the one thing I will literally die on the hill for for Ruby

    ↗DHH Is Right About Everythingyoutube.com 4th of 8 in this recording