David Heinemeier Hansson
Programmer, racing driver, creator of Ruby on Rails
- Audience25.1K
- Fame71.0
- Momentum15.1
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25.1K github followers
- Audience25.1K
- Fame71.0
- Momentum15.1
- Developers rank#14
- Wikipedia10.1K
Born 1979 · age 47
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Updated 2026-06-21
David Heinemeier Hansson, also known by his initials DHH, is a Danish programmer, writer, entrepreneur, and racing driver. He is the creator of Ruby on Rails, a web framework written in Ruby. He also created Omarchy, a pre-configured version of Arch Linux catered towards developers. He is also a partner and chief technology officer at the web-based software development firm 37signals.
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Momentum15.1
Historical15.6
Now attention5.2
Source confidence80.0
Completeness80.0
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- 大衛·漢森Low confidencewikipedia · zh.wikipedia.org
- دافيد هاينماير هانسونLow confidencewikipedia · ar.wikipedia.org
- David Heinemeier HanssonLow confidencewikipedia · ca.wikipedia.org
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