David Senra · Jul 26DHH: How to Build a Profitable Company Without Losing Control
It began as productive procrastination and was built by applying an obscure Japanese language, Ruby, to the web apps DHH wanted to make.
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An open source web framework created by DHH out of building Basecamp.
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David Senra · Jul 26
Lenny's Podcast · Mar 30A better way to plan, build, and ship products | Ryan Singer (creator of “Shape Up")
Rails was extracted from what Basecamp V1 needed, after the product was already standing. David programmed only 10 hours a week in 2003, so none of his time could go to throwaway work.
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