--- 
title: David Heinemeier Hansson
interviewee: David Heinemeier Hansson

topic_list: Rails community | Tone | Technical disagreements | Community policing | Ungratefulness | No assholes allowed | Basecamp | Open source persona | Aspirations | Guarding motivations | Dealing with audiences | Pressure | Honesty | Diverse opinions | Small talk

tags: David Heinemeier Hansson, Rails community , Tone , Technical disagreements , Community policing , Ungratefulness , No assholes allowed , Basecamp , Open source persona , Aspirations , Guarding motivations , Dealing with audiences , Pressure , Honesty , Diverse opinions , Small talk

soundcloud_id: 289018386
date: 2016-10-18
episode_number: 142
category: Code
---

### Questions:

- What kind of tone do you try to establish among core people in the Rails community?
- To quote your book [Remote](http://37signals.com/remote/): “No assholes allowed, no assholy behavior allowed.” Does this also apply to the tone you try to establish in the Rails community?
- How would you describe your persona in the open source community?
- Dealing with an audience might be tricky for a lot of people?
- Honesty seems to be very important to you?
- Are you bad at small talk?

### Links:

[David Heinemeier Hansson](http://david.heinemeierhansson.com/)<br>
[Rework](http://37signals.com/rework/)<br>
[Remote](http://37signals.com/remote/)<br>
[Basecamp](https://basecamp.com/)<br>
[Ruby on Rails](http://rubyonrails.org/)<br>
[Signal v. Noise](https://m.signalvnoise.com/)<br>
David on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/dhh)<br>
David on [GitHub](https://github.com/dhh)<br>
David on [Medium](https://medium.com/@dhh)<br>
David on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/dhh79/)<br>

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