Creator of Ruby on Rails no longer writes code himself

David Heinemeier Hansson, known as DHH, has spent 25 years developing Ruby on Rails, a tool that many developers use to build websites and apps. Now he says he has stopped writing code himself.

According to DHH, he has not written a single line of code by hand since March 2026. Instead, he uses artificial intelligence (AI) to do the work.

From skeptic to advocate

Just a year ago, DHH was opposed to using AI to write code. Now he has completely changed his mind.

At the Rails World 2026 conference, he told the audience: "English is a better programming language than Ruby." According to him, this means you can describe in plain words what a program should do, and then let the AI turn it into code.

DHH calls the development "the biggest thing that has ever happened in the history of computing."

The story was first reported by the outlet The Decoder.

What this means for you

If you are a developer or work in IT, the example shows that AI can now handle the actual coding while you describe the task in plain language. Try using AI for the next coding tasks you come across instead of writing everything yourself. It can give you more time to think about what the program should do, rather than how it is written.