About this episode

David Heinemeier Hansson discusses the evolution of software development and the impact of AI on coding with Robby Russell.

David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails and co-owner of 37signals⁩, joins Robby Russell the same week 37signals shipped Basecamp 5 to talk through the shift reshaping how software actually gets built today: why he reversed his "write every character by hand" stance, why he now considers taking AI seriously a professional obligation, and how cheap experimentation ("git reset and try again") is changing 37signals from the inside: designers and PMs working directly in code, and even t...

People in this episode

Host: Robby Russell

Guest: David Heinemeier Hansson

Topics covered

• software development
• AI in coding
• Basecamp 5
• Ruby on Rails
• designers in code
• experimentation in software

Keywords

• David Heinemeier Hansson
• Basecamp 5
• Ruby on Rails
• AI
• software development
• experimentation
• coding
• 37signals

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Basecamp, 37signals

Products: Basecamp 5

Books & works: Ruby on Rails

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