David Heinemeier Hansson | |
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Occupation | Programmer[1] |
Employer | Basecamp |
Known for | Ruby on Rails |
Website | dhh |
David Heinemeier Hansson is a Danish programmer, and the creator of the popular Ruby on Rails web development framework and the Instiki wiki.[2] He is also a partner at the web-based software development firm Basecamp.
Hansson co-wrote Agile Web Development with Rails with Dave Thomas in 2005 as part of The Facets of Ruby Series. He also co-wrote Getting Real, Rework, Remote, and It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work with Jason Fried.
In 1999, Hansson founded and built a Danish online gaming news website and community called Daily Rush, which he ran until 2001.[3] After attracting the attention of Jason Fried by offering him help with PHP coding, Hansson was hired by Fried to build a web-based project management tool, which ultimately became 37signals' Basecamp software as a service product.[4] To aid the development process, Hansson used the then-relatively obscure Ruby programming language to develop a custom web framework. He released the framework separately from the project management tool in 2004 as the open source project Ruby on Rails. In 2005, Hansson was recognized by Google and O'Reilly with the "Hacker of the Year" award for his creation of Ruby on Rails.[5] After graduating from the Copenhagen Business School and receiving his bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Business Administration, Hansson moved from Denmark to Chicago, Illinois, U.S. in November 2005.[6]
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
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Years | 2012 - |
Teams | OAK Racing, Aston Martin Racing, Extreme Speed Motorsports, Proton Competition, Rebellion Racing |
Best finish | 8th (2013) |
Class wins | 1 |
David Heinemeier Hansson lists photography and race car driving amongst his many hobbies.[7] He took part in the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans driving for OAK Racing.[8] He also drove a Morgan-Nissan P2 car for Conquest Racing in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), winning two races in the season. Heinemeier Hansson joined OAK Racing full-time in 2013, taking five 2nd-place finishes to finish 2nd in the Trophy for LMP2 Drivers. During the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans post-race technical checks, certain irregularities were detected on the Vaillante Rebellion team's #13 Oreca 07-Gibson, resulting in the car's disqualification. In July 2010 it was revealed that Heinemeier Hansson was the person that had commissioned the one-off Pagani Zonda HH supercar.[9] He also owns the one-off Koenigsegg Agera HH car.[10]
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2012 | ![]() |
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Morgan LMP2-Nissan | LMP2 | 341 | 14th | 7th |
2013 | ![]() |
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Morgan LMP2-Nissan | LMP2 | 328 | 8th | 2nd |
2014 | ![]() |
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Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Am |
334 | 17th | 1st |
2015 | ![]() |
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Ligier JS P2-Honda | LMP2 | 329 | 28th | 10th |
2016 | ![]() |
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Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Am |
330 | 28th | 3rd |
2017 | ![]() |
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Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 364 | DSQ | DSQ |
2018 | ![]() |
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Ligier JS P217-Gibson | LMP2 | 195 | DNF | DNF |
2019 | ![]() |
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Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 199 | DNF | DNF |
2022 | ![]() |
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Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 364 | 18th | 14th |
(Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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2022 | Inter Europol Competition | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC | IMO | HUN | CAT | SPA | ALG | - * | - * |
* Season still in progress.
(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
Year | Team | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points |
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2015 | Tequila Patrón ESM | P | HPD ARX-04b 1 HPD ARX-03b 2 |
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo | DAY 10 |
SIR 9 |
LBH | LS | DET | S6H | MSP | ELK | COA | PET | 21nd | 45 |
Best Hacker: David Heinemeier Hansson (Ruby on Rails and 37Signals)
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