David Heinemeier Hansson

David Heinemeier Hansson is a Danish programmer and racing driver. As a programmer, he is 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 37signals.

David Heinemeier Hansson
Born (1979-10-15) 15 October 1979 (age 44)
OccupationProgrammer[1]
EmployerBasecamp
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.[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]

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.[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 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".[10] Heinemeier Hansson also purchased an Aston Martin Valkyrie.

24 Hours of Le Mans results edit

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2012   OAK Racing   Bas Leinders
  Maxime Martin
Morgan LMP2-Nissan LMP2 341 14th 7th
2013   OAK Racing   Olivier Pla
  Alex Brundle
Morgan LMP2-Nissan LMP2 328 8th 2nd
2014   Aston Martin Racing   Kristian Poulsen
  Nicki Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Am
334 17th 1st
2015   Extreme Speed Motorsports   Scott Sharp
  Ryan Dalziel
Ligier JS P2-Honda LMP2 329 28th 10th
2016   Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing   Khaled Al Qubaisi
  Patrick Long
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Am
330 28th 3rd
2017   Vaillante Rebellion   Nelson Piquet Jr.
  Mathias Beche
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 364 DSQ DSQ
2018   Jackie Chan DC Racing   Ricky Taylor
  Côme Ledogar
Ligier JS P217-Gibson LMP2 195 DNF DNF
2019   Jackie Chan DC Racing   Ricky Taylor
  Jordan King
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 199 DNF DNF
2022   Inter Europol Competition   Pietro Fittipaldi
  Fabio Scherer
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 364 18th 14th
2023   Jota   Pietro Fittipaldi
  Oliver Rasmussen
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 316 24th 13th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results edit

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2013 OAK Racing LMP2 Morgan LMP2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
2
SPA
2
LMS
2
SÃO
6
COA
6
FUJ
3
SHA
2
BHR
2
2nd 132.5
2014 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE
Am
Aston Martin Vantage V8 GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL
1
SPA
2
LMS
1
COA
2
FUJ
1
SHA
2
BHR
1
SÃO
2
1st 198
2015 Extreme Speed Motorsports LMP2 HPD ARX-03b
Ligier JS P2
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 SIL SPA
8
LMS
5
NÜR
6
COA
4
FUJ
4
SHA
Ret
BHR
7
7th 62
2016 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing LMGTE
Am
Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL
5
SPA
6
LMS
2
NÜR
4
MEX
1
COA
5
FUJ
5
SHA
4
BHR
1
2nd 151
2017 Vaillante Rebellion LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK-428 4.2 litre V8 SIL
9
SPA
4
LMS
DSQ
NÜR
4
MEX
5
COA
2
FUJ
DSQ
SHA
3
BHR
3
8th 85
2018–19 Jackie Chan DC Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA LMS SIL FUJ SHA SEB
1
SPA
6
LMS
Ret
11th 40
2019-20 Team Project 1 LMGTE AM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 SIL FUJ
7
SHA
5
BHR
9
COA SPA LMS BHR 23rd 20
2022 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB SPA LMS
14
MNZ
FUJ
BHR
NC† 0
2023 Jota LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB
5
PRT
7
SPA
9
LMS
13
MNZ
1
FUJ
6
BHR
3
6th 84

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)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2011 Lotus Jetalliance GTE Pro Lotus Evora GTE Toyota-Cosworth 4.0 L V6 CAS SPA IMO SIL
NC
EST NC 0
2013 Jota Sport LMP2 Zytek Z11SN Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO
5
RBR HUN LEC 17th 10
2019 Team Project 1 LMGTE Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 LEC MNZ CAT
5
SIL SPA ALG 17th 10
2022 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
11
IMO
9
MNZ
11
CAT
16
SPA
2
ALG
4
10th 32
2024 Nielsen Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG * *

* Season still in progress.

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results edit

(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 11 Rank Points
2014 RSR Racing PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY
9
SEB
2
LGA
KAN
WGL
IMS
ELK
VIR
AUS
ATL
9
24th 57
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
2016 Starworks Motorsport PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY
SEB
3
LBH
LGA
DET
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
COA
PET
6
20th 57
2018 3GT Racing GTD Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 5.0 L V8 DAY
9
SEB
5
MDO
4
DET
12
WGL
4
MOS
7
LIM
ELK
12
VIR
8
LGA
7
PET
10
11th 213
2020 Tower Motorsport By Starworks LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
4†
SEB
ELK
ATL
PET
LGA
SEB
2
18th 32

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

Recognition edit

References edit

  1. ^ The home screens of 37signals
  2. ^ DHH interviewed on the TV show Triangulation on the TWiT.tv network
  3. ^ Daily Rush
  4. ^ Douglas, Nick. "I'm David Heinemeier Hansson, Basecamp CTO, and This Is How I Work". Lifehacker. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  5. ^ "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)
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "DHH weblog". Archived from the original on 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Pagani Zonda HH". secretentourage.com. August 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  10. ^ Gary Bonanni (Oct 7, 2014). "One-of-a-Kind Koenigsegg Agera HH Spotted". carbuzz.com. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  11. ^ a b About David Heinemeier Hansson Archived 2011-06-02 at the Wayback Machine. Loudthinking.com. Retrieved on 2014-05-30.
  12. ^ "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