Ruby on Rails creator: ‘We’re done writing code by hand.’
David Heinemeier Hansson, who also leads technology at Basecamp developer 37signals, announced the company is moving away from Ruby in favor of vibe-coding everything with AI agents. That’s despite admitting that attempts to do so with Basecamp 5 this spring provided “mixed” results, and claiming last year that he doesn’t use AI because he “can literally feel competence draining out of my fingers.” [Media: https://youtu.be/vDjW_dRyKXY?si=65UId6vbxaSFi657&t=1240]
David Heinemeier Hansson, who also leads technology at Basecamp developer 37signals, announced the company is moving away from Ruby in favor of vibe-coding everything with AI agents. That’s despite admitting that attempts to do so with Basecamp 5 this spring provided “mixed” results, and claiming last year that he doesn’t use AI because he “can literally feel competence draining out of my fingers.”
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