DHH: $100M+ Advice That'll Piss Off Every Business Guru
David Heinemeier Hansson, co-founder of Basecamp and creator of Ruby on Rails, reflects on 25+ years of building a profitable, independent software company by prioritizing principles over profits, taste over A/B tests, and founder freedom over VC pressure. His contrarian playbook—bootstra
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