DHH adopts agent-first building, previewing journalism's shift from drafting to directing
Hansson's reversal shows how knowledge workers move from skepticism to agent-supervised output once AI can handle assignments, a transition journalism is likely to follow.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: X
Why it matters
Hansson's reversal shows how rapidly coding agents can change an experienced developer's workflow. 37signals is betting that agent access will become a core software interface while human review remains the production bottleneck.
David Heinemeier Hansson (@dhh), the creator of Ruby on Rails and co-owner and CTO of 37signals, said in an August 11th post on X that working with AI has restored a level of creative urgency he had not felt since his earliest days with Ruby. "A million ideas, all bouncing around in my head, just waiting to be prompted," Hansson wrote.
"A million ideas, all bouncing around in my head, just waiting to be prompted"…
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