David Heinemeier Hansson

David Heinemeier Hansson is a Danish programmer and racing driver. As a programmer, he is the creator of Ruby on Rails, a software framework for web development.[1] He is also a partner at the web-based software development firm 37signals.

David Heinemeier Hansson
Born (1979-10-15) 15 October 1979 (age 44)
OccupationProgrammer
Employer37signals
Known forRuby on Rails
Websitedhh.dk

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.

Programming career edit

In 1999, Hansson founded and built a Danish online gaming news website and community called Daily Rush, which he ran until 2001.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

Racing career edit

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2012 -
TeamsOAK Racing, Aston Martin Racing, Extreme Speed Motorsports, Proton Competition, Rebellion Racing
Best finish8th (2013)
Class wins1

David Heinemeier Hansson lists photography and race car driving amongst his many hobbies.[6] He took part in the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans driving for OAK Racing.[7] 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.[8] He also commissioned the Koenigsegg Agera HH, which was sold in 2022 to Houston Crosta, a YouTube video creator in Las Vegas. It has now been sold to car spotting YouTuber, "TheStradman".[9] Heinemeier Hansson also purchased an Aston Martin Valkyrie.

24 Hours of Le Mans results edit

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2012 OAK Racing Bas Leinders
Maxime Martin
Morgan LMP2-NissanLMP234114th7th
2013 OAK Racing Olivier Pla
Alex Brundle
Morgan LMP2-NissanLMP23288th2nd
2014 Aston Martin Racing Kristian Poulsen
Nicki Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage GTEGTE
Am
33417th1st
2015 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp
Ryan Dalziel
Ligier JS P2-HondaLMP232928th10th
2016 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing Khaled Al Qubaisi
Patrick Long
Porsche 911 RSRGTE
Am
33028th3rd
2017 Vaillante Rebellion Nelson Piquet Jr.
Mathias Beche
Oreca 07-GibsonLMP2364DSQDSQ
2018 Jackie Chan DC Racing Ricky Taylor
Côme Ledogar
Ligier JS P217-GibsonLMP2195DNFDNF
2019 Jackie Chan DC Racing Ricky Taylor
Jordan King
Oreca 07-GibsonLMP2199DNFDNF
2022 Inter Europol Competition Pietro Fittipaldi
Fabio Scherer
Oreca 07-GibsonLMP236418th14th
2023 Jota Pietro Fittipaldi
Oliver Rasmussen
Oreca 07-GibsonLMP231624th13th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results edit

YearEntrantClassCarEngine123456789RankPoints
2013OAK RacingLMP2Morgan LMP2Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8SIL
2
SPA
2
LMS
2
SÃO
6
COA
6
FUJ
3
SHA
2
BHR
2
2nd132.5
2014Aston Martin RacingLMGTE
Am
Aston Martin Vantage V8 GTEAston Martin 4.5 L V8SIL
1
SPA
2
LMS
1
COA
2
FUJ
1
SHA
2
BHR
1
SÃO
2
1st198
2015Extreme Speed MotorsportsLMP2HPD ARX-03b
Ligier JS P2
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6SILSPA
8
LMS
5
NÜR
6
COA
4
FUJ
4
SHA
Ret
BHR
7
7th62
2016Abu Dhabi-Proton RacingLMGTE
Am
Porsche 911 RSRPorsche 4.0 L Flat-6SIL
5
SPA
6
LMS
2
NÜR
4
MEX
1
COA
5
FUJ
5
SHA
4
BHR
1
2nd151
2017Vaillante RebellionLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK-428 4.2 litre V8SIL
9
SPA
4
LMS
DSQ
NÜR
4
MEX
5
COA
2
FUJ
DSQ
SHA
3
BHR
3
8th85
2018–19Jackie Chan DC RacingLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8SPALMSSILFUJSHASEB
1
SPA
6
LMS
Ret
11th40
2019-20Team Project 1LMGTE AMPorsche 911 RSRPorsche 4.0L Flat 6SILFUJ
7
SHA
5
BHR
9
COASPALMSBHR23rd20
2022Inter Europol CompetitionLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8SEBSPALMS
14
MNZ
FUJ
BHR
NC†0
2023JotaLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8SEB
5
PRT
7
SPA
9
LMS
13
MNZ
1
FUJ
6
BHR
3
6th84

As Heinemeier Hansson was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete European Le Mans Series results edit

(Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
2011Lotus JetallianceGTE ProLotus Evora GTEToyota-Cosworth 4.0 L V6CASSPAIMOSIL
NC
ESTNC0
2013Jota SportLMP2Zytek Z11SNNissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8SILIMO
5
RBRHUNLEC17th10
2019Team Project 1LMGTEPorsche 911 RSRPorsche 4.0 L Flat-6LECMNZCAT
5
SILSPAALG17th10
2022Inter Europol CompetitionLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8LEC
11
IMO
9
MNZ
11
CAT
16
SPA
2
ALG
4
10th32
2024Nielsen RacingLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8CATLECIMOSPAMUGALG**

* Season still in progress.

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results edit

(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

YearTeamClassCarEngine1234567891011RankPoints
2014RSR RacingPCOreca FLM09Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8DAY
9
SEB
2
LGA
KAN
WGL
IMS
ELK
VIR
AUS
ATL
9
24th57
2015Tequila Patrón ESMPHPD ARX-04b 1
HPD ARX-03b 2
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 TurboDAY
10
SIR
9
LBHLSDETS6HMSPELKCOAPET21nd45
2016Starworks MotorsportPCOreca FLM09Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8DAY
SEB
3
LBH
LGA
DET
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
COA
PET
6
20th57
20183GT RacingGTDLexus RC F GT3Lexus 5.0 L V8DAY
9
SEB
5
MDO
4
DET
12
WGL
4
MOS
7
LIM
ELK
12
VIR
8
LGA
7
PET
10
11th213
2020Tower Motorsport By StarworksLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8DAY
4†
SEB
ELK
ATL
PET
LGA
SEB
2
18th32

Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

Recognition edit

References edit

  1. ^ DHH interviewed on the TV show Triangulation on the TWiT.tv network
  2. ^ Daily Rush
  3. ^ Douglas, Nick. "I'm David Heinemeier Hansson, Basecamp CTO, and This Is How I Work". Lifehacker. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  4. ^ "Google-O'Reilly Open Source Awards - Hall of Fame". Google Code. Retrieved 2010-09-03. Best Hacker: David Heinemeier Hansson (Ruby on Rails and 37Signals)
  5. ^ Staff writer (March 9, 2014). "David Heinemeier Hansson: Basecamp, Remote and the next big thing". eTalks. Archived from the original on June 20, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  6. ^ "DHH weblog". Archived from the original on 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
  7. ^ Mercier, Laurent (2012-04-18). "L'équipage de la Morgan 2012 LMP2 #35 affiche complet" [The crew of the #35 LMP2 2012 Morgan sold out]. Endurance-Info (in French). Infomaniak Network SA. Archived from the original on 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  8. ^ "Pagani Zonda HH". secretentourage.com. August 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  9. ^ Gary Bonanni (Oct 7, 2014). "One-of-a-Kind Koenigsegg Agera HH Spotted". carbuzz.com. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  10. ^ a b About David Heinemeier Hansson Archived 2011-06-02 at the Wayback Machine. Loudthinking.com. Retrieved on 2014-05-30.
  11. ^ "ALMS: 2012 Rookies of the Year, David Heinemeier Hansson & Alex Popow". Archived from the original on 2013-06-02. Retrieved 2013-06-23.

External links edit

Sporting positions
Preceded by FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers
2014 with:
Kristian Poulsen
Succeeded by
Aleksey Basov
Andrea Bertolini
Viktor Shaitar