Yesterday I turned torture - a long 3-country car ride - into an entertaining learning opportunity.

Yesterday I turned torture - a long 3-country car ride - into an entertaining learning opportunity. I listened to the incredible Lex Fridman podcast with David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH), creator of Ruby on Rails and CTO of 37signals.

DHH shares valuable insights on the evolution of web development—from his early days with PHP to his passion for Ruby’s elegant simplicity. He highlights the challenges of modern JavaScript complexity and advocates for a return to more ergonomic, developer-friendly tools. This brought me back to some wild days where I met the folks at New Bamboo (shout out to Martyn Loughran, Bartosz Blimke, Laurie Young and Makoto Inoue - how are you folks doing?). At the time I made my first Ruby experiences on a - well - crazy project. To this day I’m still fascinated by the developer experience of the Ruby programming language. Though at the time I preferred the Sinatra Framework :)

The conversation also dives into the future of AI in programming, the importance of browsers like Chrome for the open web, and thoughtful perspectives on work culture, small teams, and productivity.

Many, many interesting aspects come up in the conversation. I only made it through the first 4 hours, but I still have some travel time upcoming. Highly recommended conversation. I don’t agree 100%, but as discussed in the podcast: People who create impact will be equally loved and hated ;) Highly recommend spending some time with this podcast!

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