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DHH

Creator of Ruby on Rails and co-owner of 37signals

DHH created Ruby on Rails and co-owns 37signals, the company behind Basecamp and HEY. He develops open source software and has co-authored several books on work and business with Jason Fried.

On HEY World, he writes about software development, running a business, and technical infrastructure, including 37signals’ move from public cloud services to its own hardware.

Elsewhere

  • Optimize Bio Cores First, CPU Cores Second

    By DHH In Database 2081 words 10 min

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    Optimize Bio Cores First, CPU Cores Second

    Optimize Bio Cores First, Silicon Cores Second A big part of the reason that companies are going ga-ga over AI right now is the promise that it might materially lower their payroll for programmers. If a company currently needs 10 programmers to do a …

    Optimize Bio Cores First, Silicon Cores Second A big part of the reason that companies are going ga-ga over AI right now is the promise that it might materially lower their payroll for programmers. If a company currently needs 10 programmers to do a …

  • Cloud-Exit High Availability Secret: Rejecting Complexity Masturbation

    By DHH In Cloud-Exit 1093 words 6 min

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    Cloud-Exit High Availability Secret: Rejecting Complexity Masturbation

    We don’t need Kubernetes masters or fancy new databases — programmers are drawn to complexity like moths to flame. The more complex the system architecture diagram, the greater the intellectual masturbation high. Our steadfast resistance to this …

    We don’t need Kubernetes masters or fancy new databases — programmers are drawn to complexity like moths to flame. The more complex the system architecture diagram, the greater the intellectual masturbation high. Our steadfast resistance to this …

  • DHH: Cloud-Exit Saves Over Ten Million, More Than Expected!

    By DHH In Cloud-Exit 691 words 4 min

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    DHH: Cloud-Exit Saves Over Ten Million, More Than Expected!

    Author: DHH, “Our Cloud-Exit savings will now top ten million over five years” Feng’s Commentary As a cloud exit advocate, I’m gratified to see DHH’s tremendous success in the cloud exit process. The world always rewards leaders with the wisdom to …

    Author: DHH, “Our Cloud-Exit savings will now top ten million over five years” Feng’s Commentary As a cloud exit advocate, I’m gratified to see DHH’s tremendous success in the cloud exit process. The world always rewards leaders with the wisdom to …