{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ee347661d15d16c8ca73469/6054af8a21c0d77628f424a9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"DHH: Building Basecamp and Ruby on Rails as side projects, with David Heinemeier Hansson ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ee347661d15d16c8ca73469/1592144852179-852059dc58cfc75d6450d12eee112e49.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Brought to you by </strong><a href=\"outofhours.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Out of Hours</strong></a><strong>- the community of people with side projects. </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world!</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Today on the podcast is<strong> </strong>David Heinemeier Hansson: the co-founder and CTO of Basecamp, a NYT best selling author, and creator of Ruby on Rails.</p><p><br></p><p>Ruby on rails is a free open source web application framework. and some of the biggest companies in the world were built with it: Airbnb, Shopify, Twitch and Square to name a few.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>He’s also built hugely successful businesses: <a href=\"https://basecamp.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Basecamp</a> - which started as a side project for him and his cofounder Jason. It has since made him a millionaire, and served millions of users.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Alongside all of this, he is also an author. He’s written three books, including New York Times Bestseller Rework. He’s also a Le Mans class-winning racing driver.</p><p><br></p><p>Even though he started all his biggest projects as side projects, this is not a traditional podcast episode - we talk much more about the other meaning of ‘out of hours’ - the fact we are running out of hours and life should be meaningful. We talk about everything from:</p><ul><li>open source</li><li>why intrinsic motivation matters</li><li>why he was a terrible employee</li><li>how to build your internal sense of control</li><li>why he doesn’t set goals</li><li>how he found out money doesn’t make him happy</li><li>whether he’ll ever go into politics</li><li>climate change</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>P.S. If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world!</strong></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Georgia Ritter"}