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http://www.se-radio.net/2016/06/se-radio-episode-261-david-heinemeier-hansson-on-the-state-of-rails-monoliths-and-more/
~10:00
> In RoR we continue to optimize for programmer happiness, to the point that we're
> willing to trade-off other things...lots of other communities may say that: "oh
> well, we are also about programmer happiness," but they're not willing to give up
> other valuable things to have it. But they are not willing, for example, to give
> up performance. Or, they're not willing to give up type safety, or other sort-of
> impedements to programmer happiness in terms of being drags on programmer producti-
> vity. So, in RoR, we're just saying we're willing to trade those things. I will
> make this program go slower such that when I look at the code I am happier.
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