The Joy and Tragedy of Learning to Code - David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH)
How DHH Failed at Programming (Twice) Before Building Ruby on Rails He couldn’t understand variables. Now he’s a legend. This is David Heinemeier Hansson’s...
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How DHH Failed at Programming (Twice) Before Building Ruby on Rails
He couldn’t understand variables. Now he’s a legend. This is David Heinemeier Hansson’s honest story.
Before creating Ruby on Rails, DHH failed multiple times to learn programming. In this clip from Lex Fridman’s podcast, he shares his journey from typing games into a computer to discovering the power of PHP—and how that changed everything.
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