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David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH)

3 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 17, 2026 by David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) · across every show →

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Mar 17, 2026 positive
Insight
DHH: Discovering Ruby's focus on programmer happiness transformed his entire career
“And then Maths comes in and says like, no, no, Ruby is designed to make the programmer feel good. Like what? Wait, what did you just say? It's about programmer happiness? What hippy dippy bullshit is this? How are we gonna get create or correct programs that m…”
David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) Mar 17, 2026 ▶ 58:34 $100M+ Advice That'll Piss Off Every Business Guru (ft. DHH)
Mar 17, 2026 positive
Opinion
DHH: Kent Beck's 'Smalltalk Best Practices' is his most influential software book
“My favorite book on the nitty gritties of programming is a small book he wrote in the nineties called Small Talk Best Practices. It's a quite short book and it is the most influential book on how I write software that I've ever read.”
David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) Mar 17, 2026 ▶ 57:05 $100M+ Advice That'll Piss Off Every Business Guru (ft. DHH)
Mar 17, 2026 neutral
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
DHH: Recommending Kent Beck's Smalltalk book pushed print prices to $4,500
“And at one point I think it was not available yet as an ebook. You could only find the print versions and managed to create so much demand that I think at one point it went for 4500 dollars for a print edition.”
David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) Mar 17, 2026 ▶ 57:28 $100M+ Advice That'll Piss Off Every Business Guru (ft. DHH)
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