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What’s DHH done?

code_biologist 1y ago
Beyond 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 ago
Maybe 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 ago
He 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 ago
  FWIW 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 ago
Has 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 ago
He’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.

What’s DHH done?

Beyond 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 ago

Maybe 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 ago

He 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 ago
FWIW 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 ago

Has 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 ago

He’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.