DHH: $100M+ Advice That'll Piss Off Every Business Guru

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Episode: DHH: $100M+ Advice That'll Piss Off Every Business Guru
Pub date: 2026-03-17

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Episode 806: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to David Heinemeier Hansson ( https://x.com/dhh ) about AI,  being wrong in public, and taking on Apple. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) How to stand out

(7:48) not giving a damn

(9:57) liquid vs crystalized intelligence

(12:03) constraints breed creativity

(18:18) being publicly wrong

(24:27) taste vs data

(33:25) Being in awe of Shopify 

(41:05) how David uses AI

(47:49) What won't work today

(51:23) who David admires

(1:00:13) Longevity decisions

(1:07:09) Taking on the App Store and Google

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