Lex Fridman and DHH sit down for a 5-hour round 2 on programming, AI, and civilization
lexfridman · x · 2026-08-27
Lex Fridman released his second conversation with DHH (David Heinemeier Hansson), creator of Ruby on Rails — an epic 5-hour discussion covering:
- Programming with AI agents in practice
- How software will change
- AI's impact on open source
- Plus Linux and human civilization at large
Available on YouTube, Spotify, and podcast platforms, with full timestamps.
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