DHH

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DHH

@dhh

Father of three, Creator of Ruby on Rails + Omarchy, Co-owner & CTO of 37signals, Shopify director, NYT best-selling author, and Le Mans 24h class-winner.

Katılım Nisan 2008

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DHH@dhh·12 Tem

This was one of the longest, most interesting conversations I've ever had with another human in my life. Lots of great podcasts go deep, but @lexfridman takes you to the bottom of the Mariana trench!

Lex Fridman@lexfridman

Here's my 6 hour conversation with @dhh, a legendary programmer, creator of Ruby on Rails, author, and race car driver. This was a fun and inspiring conversation on everything from the future of programming & AI to the nature of happiness & productivity to the value of family, getting married and having kids. X limits video length to 6 hours. So this full convo doesn't fit (by a few minutes). So, the first 6 hours are here on X. The full version is up everywhere else (see comment). Timestamps: 0:00 - Episode highlight 1:21 - Introduction 2:32 - Programming - early days 19:57 - JavaScript 30:16 - Google Chrome and DOJ 38:03 - Ruby programming language 45:14 - Beautiful code 1:03:15 - Metaprogramming 1:06:36 - Dynamic typing 1:13:55 - Scaling 1:26:47 - Future of programming 1:44:18 - Future of AI 1:50:13 - Vibe coding 1:58:45 - Rails manifesto: Principles of a great programming language 2:23:11 - Why managers are useless 2:32:32 - Small teams 2:38:39 - Jeff Bezos 2:53:57 - Why meetings are toxic 3:01:43 - Case against retirement 3:09:00 - Hard work 3:14:38 - Why we left the cloud 3:17:48 - AWS 3:27:07 - Owning your own servers 3:33:19 - Elon Musk 3:43:01 - Apple 3:54:48 - Tim Sweeney 4:06:22 - Fatherhood 4:32:04 - Racing 4:59:08 - Cars 5:04:26 - Programming setup 5:19:35 - Programming language for beginners 5:32:53 - Open source 5:41:46 - WordPress drama 5:53:03 - Money and happiness 6:01:56 - Hope

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@silksteele Just use Tailscale. It's amazing. And free for personal use.

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DHH@dhh·12h

@rpaweb Just install Omarchy. It's the default. omarchy.org

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RPA@rpaweb·23h

@dhh In what version I can get that wallpaper/img?

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DHH@dhh·1d

Dell is on a roll with the revived XPS lineup. The new XPS 13 weighs just 1 kg, costs from $699, and is built beautifully. The Wildcat CPU is not for heavy multi core workloads, but it's ideal as a browser + ssh terminal. Keyboard is also superb. Much nicer than a Neo imo.

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@iamdothash Keys are standard size. It's that 24mm lens distortion!

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Bjarne Øverli@iamdothash·19h

@dhh Are your fingers that large compared to the keys, or is it the angle? I hope it is the latter 😅

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DHH@dhh·12h

@pavlebatuta Superb.

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paxthemax.eth@pavlebatuta·17h

@dhh Is the keyboard good?

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@barbiq2025 Everything works with Omarchy 3.8.3 out of the box. Even the copilot key! (It starts the Omarchy menu). omarchy.org

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T Hausl@barbiq2025·1d

@dhh does it fully support linux distributions and can come with one or is it by default Windows ? I am looking for a good linux laptop but my past experience was always some component was not supported and I do not like searching for workarounds for hours

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@DaveSabine @grok This one has a touch screen! Amazing how much tech they've packed into it for the money.

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David Sabine, Exec & Tech Mgmt Consultant@DaveSabine·1d

@dhh @grok, does Dell make such a device with touchscreen?

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@nagaremono24 @x10eng Oh, I love the open-weight models. Been using both GLM and Kimi extensively. It's fantastic that we have such competitive alternatives. Even if GTP 5.6 and Fable are still ahead.

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nps@nagaremono24·1d

@dhh @x10eng no i meant more in terms of using the models themselves and not really on the laptops since you said in the article the local models are not good enough.

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@nagaremono24 @x10eng You're not running GLM 5.2 locally on any laptop with any meaningful degree of precision. Maybe you can fit a lobotimized version on a $10,000 MBP, but why would you do that, just to get a few tokens per second?

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nps@nagaremono24·1d

@dhh @x10eng Same opinion after so many new open source model releases? i mean for the article since GLM 5.2 punches near opus 4.5 and thats quite usable

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DHH@dhh·1d

@George__Kane You don't have to degrade your hardware with Windows! Linux is free 😄

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George@George__Kane·1d

@dhh fair, I just had a bad experience a few years back when windows managed to make my inspiron (midrange) laggy

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@happyrubyist I really liked my time with the F13s too. Great devices. But there's something truly magic about a device that just weighs a single kilo. And that they've been able to do something this premium at this price in today's market is also quite special. Just know the limitations.

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Ted Martin@happyrubyist·1d

@dhh Interesting. I have the original Framework 13 AMD AI 300 series, which is my favorite computer of all time. However, the MacBook Air M2 form factor is my favorite hardware of all time. Wondering if the XPS 13' 2026 is that form factor with Linux.

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DHH@dhh·1d

@BernardNgandu Yes, just download the ISO and go. Almost all Intel MacBooks are supported out of the box.

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Bernard Ngandu@BernardNgandu·1d

@dhh is there any way to install Omarchy on a macbook pro (intel chip). any guide will be appreciated

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@x10eng Running local models on a laptop does not make any sense for programming in my book. You need to spend thousands and you end up with something way, way worse. world.hey.com/dhh/local-llms…

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x10eng@x10eng·1d

@dhh Do you think it's worth getting laptops with 48GB-64GB to run local AI models e.g. Asus A16 with Snapdragon X2? Or just get a cheaper computer like this Dell and pay the monthly sub to Grok / OpenAI / Anthropic?

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@onesadlittleboy Running Linux is the main feature!

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Dominik@onesadlittleboy·1d

@dhh Too bad it runs Linux/windows which is a deal breaker for most people

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@Jorgey_x I haven't heard anything on the three XPS 2026 models I've been using, so sounds like it?

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Jorgey@Jorgey_x·1d

@dhh Did they finally fix the insane coil whine that they had for like a decade in the XPS line?

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@George__Kane Eh what? They're putting the XPS name on this because it's as nice and premium of a build as the rest of the XPS lineup. And the results imo pummels the neo. That looks like strength to me!

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George@George__Kane·1d

@dhh it seems they're in a panic mode after losing the only thing they had left (budget laptop) they even put the flagship name of budget

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@mweinbach Superb. Great battery, great single-core performance. Just don't expect to be able to run a local CI that craves 16 cores or do AAA gaming.

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Max Weinbach@mweinbach·1d

@dhh I need to try one of these things. How’s wildcat lake on linux?

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@happyrubyist Very different class of device. An F13P is 3x the money. It's a very nice machine! But I'd probably go for an XPS 14 in that case. Similar money, same Panther Lake chipset, better display. But the F13P is great too!

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Ted Martin@happyrubyist·1d

@dhh If you had to choose between Framework 13 Pro or this for office work and remote dev (ssh + tailscale) what would you choose?

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