David Heinemeier Hansson, also known as DHH, is a Danish software engineer, programmer, writer, entrepreneur, and racing driver. He is the creator of Ruby on Rails, a web framework written in Ruby.[1] He is also a partner and chief technology officer at the web-based software development firm 37signals.[2]
David Heinemeier Hansson | |
|---|---|
 Hansson at the 2016 6 Hours of Silverstone | |
| Born | 15 October 1979 |
| Other names | DHH |
| Employer | 37signals |
| Known for | Ruby on Rails |
| Website | dhh |
Hansson co-wrote Agile Web Development with Rails with Dave Thomas in 2005 as part of The Facets of Ruby Series. He also co-wrote Getting Real, Rework, Remote, and It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work with Jason Fried.
Programming career
editIn 1999, Hansson founded and built a Danish online gaming news website and community called Daily Rush, which he ran until 2001.[3] After attracting the attention of Jason Fried by offering him help with PHP coding, Hansson was hired by Fried to build a web-based project management tool, which ultimately became 37signals' Basecamp software as a service product.[4] To aid the development process, Hansson used the then-relatively obscure Ruby programming language to develop a custom web framework. He released the framework separately from the project management tool in 2004 as the open source project Ruby on Rails. In 2005, Hansson was recognized by Google and O'Reilly with the "Hacker of the Year" award for his creation of Ruby on Rails.[5] After graduating from the Copenhagen Business School and receiving his bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Business Administration, Hansson moved from Denmark to Chicago, Illinois, U.S. in November 2005.[6]
Racing career
edit| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
|---|---|
| Years | 2012 - |
| Teams | OAK Racing, Aston Martin Racing, Extreme Speed Motorsports, Proton Competition, Rebellion Racing |
| Best finish | 8th (2013) |
| Class wins | 1 |
David Heinemeier Hansson lists photography and race car driving amongst his many hobbies.[7] He took part in the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans driving for OAK Racing.[8] He also drove a Morgan-Nissan P2 car for Conquest Racing in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), winning two races in the season. Heinemeier Hansson joined OAK Racing full-time in 2013, taking five 2nd-place finishes to finish 2nd in the Trophy for LMP2 Drivers. During the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans post-race technical checks, certain irregularities were detected on the Vaillante Rebellion team's #13 Oreca 07-Gibson, resulting in the car's disqualification.
In July 2010 it was revealed that Heinemeier Hansson was the person that had commissioned the one-off Pagani Zonda HH supercar.[9] He also commissioned the Koenigsegg Agera HH, which was sold in 2022 to Houston Crosta, a YouTube video creator in Las Vegas. It has now been sold to car spotting YouTuber, "TheStradman".[10] Heinemeier Hansson also purchased an Aston Martin Valkyrie.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
editComplete FIA World Endurance Championship results
edit† As Heinemeier Hansson was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete European Le Mans Series results
edit(Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Lotus Jetalliance | GTE Pro | Lotus Evora GTE | Toyota-Cosworth 4.0 L V6 | CAS | SPA | IMO | SIL NC |
EST | NC | 0 | |
| 2013 | Jota Sport | LMP2 | Zytek Z11SN | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL | IMO 5 |
RBR | HUN | LEC | 17th | 10 | |
| 2019 | Team Project 1 | LMGTE | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | LEC | MNZ | CAT 5 |
SIL | SPA | ALG | 17th | 10 |
| 2022 | Inter Europol Competition | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 11 |
IMO 9 |
MNZ 11 |
CAT 16 |
SPA 2 |
ALG 4 |
10th | 32 |
| 2024 | Nielsen Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT | LEC | IMO | SPA | MUG | ALG | * | * |
* Season still in progress.
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
edit(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
| Year | Team | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | RSR Racing | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | DAY 9 |
SEB 2 |
LGA |
KAN |
WGL |
IMS |
ELK |
VIR |
AUS |
ATL 9 |
24th | 57 | |
| 2015 | Tequila Patrón ESM | P | HPD ARX-04b 1 HPD ARX-03b 2 |
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo | DAY 10 |
SIR 9 |
LBH | LS | DET | S6H | MSP | ELK | COA | PET | 21nd | 45 | |
| 2016 | Starworks Motorsport | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | DAY |
SEB 3 |
LBH |
LGA |
DET |
WGL |
MOS |
LIM |
ELK |
COA |
PET 6 |
20th | 57 |
| 2018 | 3GT Racing | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | Lexus 5.0 L V8 | DAY 9 |
SEB 5 |
MDO 4 |
DET 12 |
WGL 4 |
MOS 7 |
LIM |
ELK 12 |
VIR 8 |
LGA 7 |
PET 10 |
11th | 213 |
| 2020 | Tower Motorsport By Starworks | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 4† |
SEB |
ELK |
ATL |
PET | LGA | SEB 2 |
18th | 32 |
† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.
Recognition
editReferences
edit- ^ DHH interviewed on the TV show Triangulation on the TWiT.tv network
- ^ McManus, Sean (June 28, 2024). "Are rainy days ahead for cloud computing?". BBC News. Archived from the original on June 28, 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
- ^ Daily Rush
- ^ Douglas, Nick. "I'm David Heinemeier Hansson, Basecamp CTO, and This Is How I Work". Lifehacker. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ^ "Google-O'Reilly Open Source Awards - Hall of Fame". Google Code. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
Best Hacker: David Heinemeier Hansson (Ruby on Rails and 37Signals)
- ^ Staff writer (March 9, 2014). "David Heinemeier Hansson: Basecamp, Remote and the next big thing". eTalks. Archived from the original on June 20, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
- ^ "DHH weblog". Archived from the original on 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
- ^ Mercier, Laurent (2012-04-18). "L'équipage de la Morgan 2012 LMP2 #35 affiche complet" [The crew of the #35 LMP2 2012 Morgan sold out]. Endurance-Info (in French). Infomaniak Network SA. Archived from the original on 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
- ^ "Pagani Zonda HH". secretentourage.com. August 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
- ^ Gary Bonanni (Oct 7, 2014). "One-of-a-Kind Koenigsegg Agera HH Spotted". carbuzz.com. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ a b About David Heinemeier Hansson Archived 2011-06-02 at the Wayback Machine. Loudthinking.com. Retrieved on 2014-05-30.
- ^ "ALMS: 2012 Rookies of the Year, David Heinemeier Hansson & Alex Popow". Archived from the original on 2013-06-02. Retrieved 2013-06-23.