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David Heinemeier Hansson - Ruby on Rails, Startups, Culture

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Article and Transcript: http://news.oreilly.com/2008/0... O'Reilly News talks to David Heinemeier Hansson about the current state of Ruby on Rails, what is next for the framework? and what Hansson is paying attention to? David also discusses his recent presentation at Y! Combinator's Startup School and his ideas about the culture of technology and innovation. If you want to hear more of Hansson, he will be speaking at RailsConf Europe this December in Berlin. Register Today: http://en.oreilly.com/railseur... Copyright 2008 O'Reilly News. All Rights Reserved. Filmed in Chicago, IL by Tim O'Brien.

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: OreillyMedia

Length: 29:49
Rating: 4.81
Views: 6912

Tags: business  chicago  oreillynews  rails  startup  tmo9d  

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kristyan11 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
good stuff
satyajitsahu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This guy is very opinionated, and he has all the rights to be so! You Rock, DHH!
TiLeNpWneD (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Rails is getting big, i mean BIG. Simple, functional and it does the job in an exellent way. And for sure, this language has future, in my opinion it has already won Python.
zark78 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Wow, this guy's head is really getting big. His answer about why some people think Rails can't scale came across as really arrogant. Can somebody say Prima Donna?
tmo9d (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
There ZorkFox, I used the magic of YouTube Video Annotations to add a "fix" to the video. YouTube Video Annotations would be more powerful if I could add a link out to another web site - this way I could like to Charles Oliver Nutter's blog when he mentions him in this interview.
tmo9d (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I don't know, they aren't necessary any smarter than other "technologists" using other programming frameworks, but they certainly have a good, revolutionary message. I don't even think Rails is a better technology than anything else as much as I just think that it emphasized the right things at the right time. If I had more time I would've asked him questions about Django, and I anticipate he wouldn't have had anything negative to say about the framework.
thebrokenladder (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
why are rails people so brilliant?
ZorkFox (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Sweet. Folding space is a function I've wanted in Rails for a long time now. :) The only reason I noticed is because I happened to have looked at my calendar just before I started the video. Here's a question I'd like answered: Rails is TOUGH to deploy (in my opinion as a n00b). I mean, there's a whole book available on how to do it. What are the plans to make deployment more user-friendly and when will they be implemented?
rko618 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Possible Question: Are you satisfied with the current Ruby on Rails wiki? Does the Rails team have plans for improving it?
tmo9d (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Seriously, I wanted to hear more as well, but the Chicago Park dude came over and shut us down. We'll finish the interview in the next month or so. I was going to ask him questions about Django, people using Rails for genetics, and other things.

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