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Lex Fridman · 2025-07-12

DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity & Parenting | Lex Fridman Podcast #474

DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity & Parenting | Lex Fridman Podcast #474

Recommended on this episode

BookRecommendedISBN verified

Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

Martin Fowler

“one of the greatest books... you must pick it up immediately”
“one of the greatest books for anyone working on business systems and if you had not read it you must pick it up immediately”— guest
BookRecommended

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“I was really lucky to read the book Flow”
“I was really lucky to read the book Flow by Mihi Chicken Mihayi early on... his main work over his career was essentially the concept of flow”— guest
ProductRecommended

Pagani Zonda

Pagani

“The greatest car for me of all time”
“The greatest car for me of all time is the Pagani S... It's truly a masterpiece that stood the test of time... I'm never ever going to sell it.”— guest
ProductRecommended

Lofree Flow 84

Lofree

“the most glorious sounding keyboard I've ever heard”
“this lowprofile mechanical keyboard called the low free flow 84 which is just the most glorious sounding keyboard I've ever heard”— guest
ProductRecommended

Logitech MX Master 3

Logitech

“which I love how it feels in my hand”
“I use a uh Logitech uh what's it called? The MS3 mouse which I love how it feels in my hand. I don't love how it looks.”— guest
ProductRecommended

Apple Pro Display XDR

Apple

“an awesome 6K 32-in XDR screen that I've still haven't found anyone who beaten”
“Apple makes an awesome 6K 32-in XDR screen that I've still haven't found anyone who beaten that I still use”— guest
MediaRecommended

Fortnite

Epic Games

“I really love Fortnite. It's a phenomenal game.”
“I have a thousand hours logged in Fortnite since 19, I think, all of it with my kids... I really love Fortnite. It's a phenomenal game.”— guest

The guest's own work

BookBy the guestISBN verified

Rework

Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

“he is a New York Times best-selling author together with his co-author Jason Frerieded of four books rework remote getting real and it doesn't have to be crazy at work”— Lex Fridman
BookBy the guest

Remote

Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

“author together with his co-author Jason Frerieded of four books rework remote getting real and it doesn't have to be crazy at work”— Lex Fridman
BookBy the guest

Getting Real

37signals (Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson)

“of four books rework remote getting real and it doesn't have to be crazy at work”— Lex Fridman
BookBy the guestISBN verified

It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work

Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

“This is one of the key points we make in it doesn't have to be crazy at work, the latest book we wrote, is that there's enough time.”— guest

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

BookReferenced

Learn to Program

Chris Pine

“There's a book called learn to program by pine that uses Ruby essentially to just teach basic programming principles that I've seen heavily recommended.”— guest
BookReferencedISBN verified

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor Frankl

“man's search for meaning. Victor Frankle talks about this as well that we can endure any hardship if there is a reason why”— guest
ProductReferenced

Apple Magic Keyboard

Apple

“I used to defend the Apple Magic Keyboard. Like it's it's great. It's actually a great keyboard.”— guest
ProductReferenced

Apple Magic Mouse

Apple

“I actually was a magic mouse stand for the longest time. I thought it was genius that Apple integrated the trackpad into a mouse... that magic mouse is beautiful”— guest
MediaReferenced

Metropolitan Street Racer

Bizarre Creations (inferred)

“Metropolitan Street Racer on the Dreamcast was one of those games that really sucked me into... It's just a great game.”— guest
MediaReferenced

Gorilla Tag

Another Axiom (inferred)

“My oldest loves playing Gorilla Tag... That's basically the hottest VR game. Wonderful. That's great.”— guest
MediaReferenced

The Lawnmower Man

Brett Leonard (inferred)

“in 95, one of my favorite movies, one of my favorite bee movies came out. The Lawn Mower Man. Incredible movie about virtual reality”— guest
MediaReferenced

Chimp Empire

Netflix (inferred)

“when I watched the Netflix documentary Chimp Empire and how, you know, there's a hierarchy of chimps, all of that looks eerily similar to us humans”— Lex Fridman
ProductReferenced

Claude Code

Anthropic

“When I use uh Claude's code, the terminal version of uh Claude, which is actually my preferred way of using it, I just I get too impatient.”— guest