DHH tells 1,000 Rails programmers to "accept that it's over" in Rails World keynote
IgorCarron · x · 2026-09-24
Closing his Rails World keynote before 1,000 developers, DHH told the crowd to "accept that it's over" and signed off with "don't be a fcking loser." Attendees read it as a call to face the AI-driven upheaval of the profession head-on; the poster says he's past the existential dread and ready to run through a wall.
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