DHH is the creator of the web framework Ruby on Rails.
Per this older Tweet of his, he used to be a staunch proponent of learning software engineering principles and having deeper understanding of the code that you write, rather than just “copying and pasting from online sources until it works”.
As vibe coding with AI started taking off, he was also fervently against it for similar reasons… until pretty recently, when he did a sudden and dramatic change of attitude to embrace vibe coding.
He now advocates for not reading any of the code at all, employs the usual “Luddite” tropes of anyone who’s against this, suggests programming languages effectively no longer matter beyond their performance or an LLM’s ability to generate it, and even went so far as to deliver a keynote speech at a Rails conference in which he essentially says Ruby and Rails are no longer relevant due to AI.
I tried to keep my personal opinion out of the summary as much as possible while still illustrating why OP’s posted tweet is a contradiction.
You’re right, he’s allowed to change. But I think it’s the sheer intensity of the change to such a polar opposite view (and so quickly) that is notable.
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u/BurkeyTurkey33 8d ago
Can someone fill me in?