A Human Touch: Building AI's Next Rails Moment

How Ruby's philosophy of developer happiness can reshape AI development

Feb 17, 2025

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Ruby has always stood apart. While other languages competed on performance benchmarks or theoretical purity, Ruby optimized for something more enduring: developer happiness. Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto created Ruby with a radical philosophy to prioritize human needs over machine efficiency. This philosophy found a powerful amplifier in David Heinemeier Ha…

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