DHH on burnout: working hard with meaning beats 4-hour sleep nights without it
jonathan_wilke · x · 2026-09-30
Ruby on Rails creator DHH argues burnout comes from working hard without enough meaning, quoting Nietzsche: "He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how." Developer Jonathan Wilke agrees, noting stress almost always traced to meaningless work, while he once slept 4 hours a night for a week on a project he cared about and felt great.
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