DHH declares end of hand-coding at Rails World 2026 keynote

At the Rails World 2026 opening keynote, David Heinemeier Hansson said hand-coding is over: 37signals removed it from normal work, keeping it as an exception. DHH himself hasn't written code in 5 months, and HEY is moving to native apps with a Rust backend.

• 37signals removed hand-coding from normal work, keeping it as an exception
• DHH hasn't written code for 5 months and declared retirement from programming
• 321K lines written in 20 months after Opus 4.5 vs 647K over the prior 21 years
• HEY moves to 6 native apps with the backend rewritten in Rust