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It's a generic interview, some general ideas on software engineering and Rails maintenance. Probably a good watch if you enjoy DHH's views on software and work.
by stevebmark 6y ago
It's a generic interview, some general ideas on software engineering and Rails maintenance. Probably a good watch if you enjoy DHH's views on software and work. Also some talk about his new email service, which I can't wait for, because no one I've met who has used Basecamp thinks Basecamp a good or well designed product. It's baffling to me DHH keeps upholding Basecamp as a "majestic monolith"
- ryanSrich 6y agoTheir new email service website has the most pompous copywriting I’ve read on any website in a long time.
- joelbluminator 6y agoNot sure I follow, do you think Basecamp is a bad product or is it a badly engineered product according to you? It's getting pretty good reviews as far as I can see, and it's not like Basecamp are pouring millions into marketing.
- stevebmark 6y agoIt's a bad product according to me and everyone I have worked with professionally who has used it. Sample size of maybe 15 opinions. I suspect it's badly engineered because of how horrific the mobile experience is, since they use Rails for everything instead of going API first and building native mobile. But I don't think the engineering matters quite as much because it's such a small product with a small surface area. I just wish a small, bad product wasn't touted as the "majestic monolith," because we have nothing to learn from it.
- davidivadavid 6y agoSounds like the product wasn't right for your use case. Basecamp is a small product, but it's very well designed for its main use case (smallish agency-type company doing simple task based work, requiring relatively little project management). As mentioned above, the product gets pretty good reviews in general.