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title: DHH has gone completely off the rails...
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuNKBjuV7A4
source: youtube-com-fireship
published: 2026-09-28T19:27:59Z
updated: 2026-09-28T19:30:49Z
first_seen: 2026-09-28T21:24:47.177888442Z
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  DHH told 1,200 Rails developers that writing code by hand is over... so let's find out which programming skills are actually still worth having.

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DHH told 1,200 Rails developers that writing code by hand is over... so let's find out which programming skills are actually still worth having.

Want more Fireship?

🗞️ Newsletter: https://bytes.dev\
🧠 Courses: https://fireship.dev