#474 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity & Parenting
Lex Fridman Podcast
- Published
- July 12, 2025
- Duration
- 6h 8m
- Summary source
- youtube captions
- Last updated
- Apr 21, 2026
No one anywhere who's serious believes that Cookie banners does anything good for anyone.
Summary
No one anywhere who's serious believes that Cookie banners does anything good for anyone. Yet, we've been unable to get rid of it. This is the thing that really gets me about cookie banners, too. It's not just the EU. It's the entire world. You can't hide from cookie banners anywhere on this planet. If you go to goddamn Mars on one of Elon's rockets and you try to access a web page, you'll still see a cookie banner. No one in the universe is safe from this nonsense. It som…
Show notes
David Heinemeier Hansson (aka DHH) is a legendary programmer, creator of Ruby on Rails, co-owner & CTO of 37signals that created Basecamp, HEY, & ONCE, and is a NYT-best-selling author (with Jason Fried) of 4 books: REWORK, REMOTE, Getting Real, and It Doesn’t Have To Be Crazy At Work. He is also a race car driver, including a class-winning performance at the 24 hour Le Mans race. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep474-sc See below for timestamps,
Themes
- ai
- society
- culture
- No one anywhere who's serious believes that Cookie banners does anything good for anyone
- Yet, we've been unable to get rid of it
- This is the thing that really gets me about cookie banners, too