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Rails is still wonderful. But someone should fork Rails so it ceases to be associated with DHH. CEOs who reveal who they really are become really toxic to the b
by copperx 1y ago
Rails is still wonderful. But someone should fork Rails so it ceases to be associated with DHH. CEOs who reveal who they really are become really toxic to the brand. We've seen that happen with Tesla.
- wordofx 1y agoWhat’s DHH done?
- code_biologist 1y agoBeyond Rails and 37signals, I'm most familiar with him as a car racer, photography enthusiast, and his recent "buy once"/post-subscription software advocacy. This is an interview with him last year on "one person" approaches to web app development that I liked a lot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rlATWBNvMw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rlATWBNvMw
- antfarm 1y agoMaybe parent is referring to DHH's stance on DEI. https://world.hey.com/dhh/the-waning-days-of-dei-s-dominance-9a5b656c https://world.hey.com/dhh/the-waning-days-of-dei-s-dominance... https://world.hey.com/dhh/dei-is-done-minus-the-mop-up-b3bbbb64 https://world.hey.com/dhh/dei-is-done-minus-the-mop-up-b3bbb...
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- ahnick 1y agoHe became very unpopular for his no politics at work stance at the time, but it seems to have ultimately been the right call in the long run. The toxic individuals left and 37signals is stronger than ever.
- twodave 1y agoFWIW I’d love it if HN adopted such a policy. It’s not practical to expect them to, but I find myself taking breaks to avoid the echo chamber here.
- dismalaf 1y agoHas aggressively moderate political opinions... Americans don't seem to understand nuance, so when DHH posts about support for people's right to protest, how he loves being a father, how he doesn't want politics in the workplace and doesn't proclaim the sky is falling because of politics they seem to think he's the devil.
- miragecraft 1y agoHe’s politically naive. I agree with him on much, such as don’t make workplace political, and cancel culture and DEI have in many cases gone mad, but his tolerance, even gentle celebration of Trump in the name of free speech is a classic example of the paradox of tolerance. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance However he is right in many cases, and I don’t expect anyone to be right all the time, myself included. It’s strange to look for political leadership from a programmer anyhow.
- dismalaf 1y agoOr maybe American culture warriors should chill a bit. First they tried to cancel Matz, now DHH for holding opinions that are considered progressive everywhere in the world except SV.
- insane_dreamer 1y agoI disagree. DHH is opinionated, and a bit arrogant at times, but he's not obnoxious, petty and childish like Musk.
- mike1o1 1y agoWhile DHH is the face of Rails, I’d say Shopify are the real stewards of the framework these days.
- pmdr 1y agoThe problem is CEO worship. You should worship Rails, not DHH. It's okay that he sometimes has other opinions, we don't have to agree with them to benefit from Rails. And there are a couple of things differentiating him from Musk: first, Rails is a byproduct of his business, not his business. 37Signals isn't even shilling some cloud service like Vercel is with NextJS. Second, DHH isn't involved in government.