David Heinemeier Hansson

David Heinemeier Hansson 2016

David Heinemeier Hansson (born October 15, 1979 in Copenhagen , Denmark ) is a Danish programmer and author of the popular Ruby on Rails framework and the Instiki wiki . He is also a partner at the software company Basecamp .

Software developer

In 1999 Hansson founded and developed the Danish online gaming news site Daily Rush , which he operated until 2001.

Hansson is co-author of the book Agile Web Development with Rails .

Motorsport

The Dane is also active in motorsport and competes in sports car races. In 2012 he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans .

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2012	OAK Racing	Morgan LMP2	Bas Leinders	Maxime Martin	Rank 14
2013	OAK Racing	Morgan LMP2	Alex Brundle	Olivier Pla	Rank 8
2014	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Kristian Poulsen	Nicki Thiim	17th place and class win
2015	Extreme speed motorsports	Ligier JS P2	Scott Sharp	Ryan Dalziel	Rank 28
2016	Abu Dhabi Proton Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	Khaled Al Qubaisi	Patrick Long	Rank 28
2017	Vaillante rebellion	Oreca 07	Nelson Piquet junior	Mathias Beche	Disqualified
2018	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ligier JS P217	Côme Ledogar	Ricky Taylor	failure	malfunction
2019	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ligier JS P217	Jordan King	Ricky Taylor	failure	Gearbox damage

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2012	Conquest Endurance	Morgan LMP2	Martin Plowman	Jan Heylen	Rank 41
2013	Performance Tech Motorsports	Oreca FLM09	Tristan Nunez	Charlie Shears	Rank 11
2014	RSR Racing	Oreca FLM09	Bruno Junqueira	Duncan out	Rank 11
2015	Tequila Patron ESM	HPD ARX-03b	Ryan Dalziel	Scott Sharp	failure	malfunction
2016	Starworks Motorsport	Oreca FLM09	Alex Popov	Renger van der Zande	Rank 16
2018	3GT racing	Lexus RCF GT3	Jack Hawksworth	Sean Rayhall	Rank 21

Web links

Commons : David Heinemeier Hansson  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Podcast interview with David Heinemeier Hansson on web20show.com
• Literature by and about David Heinemeier Hansson in the catalog of the German National Library