What David Heinemeier Hansson thinks about software performance
Creator of Ruby on Rails, CTO of 37signals, and creator of Omarchy.
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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what David Heinemeier Hansson has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsThe leaps going to asm has been huge. Now 8x mean on an Intel 135U!
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Their wordsWe do not have to accept that these computers that are literally a trillion times faster than what sent us to the freaking moon have to take 42 minutes before they're ready after you unbox it. No, unreasonable. These computers are so damn fast, they should feel damn fast.
↗Is Linux the perfect operating system? - Omarchy interview with DHHyoutube.com 5th of 6 in this recording
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