What David Heinemeier Hansson has said about Anthropic
2 quotes · 1 episode · Aug 26, 2026
David Heinemeier Hansson, Danish programmer, creator of Ruby on Rails and the Omarchy Linux distribution, CTO of 37signals, author and racecar driver, has been quoted on Anthropic 2 times in 1 episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, most recently on August 26, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Hansson ranks Fable as the best current coding model and Opus 5 as second.
“the best model in general right now is Fable. The second best model, in my opinion, is Opus 5”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #501 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & Linux (Aug 26, 2026) · Listen from 2:35:48
Hansson accepts AI safety guardrails for things like bioweapons but says refusing to translate an essay discredits them.
“But then don't squander it by denying the translation of an essay. Because then you erase the whole thing”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #501 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & Linux (Aug 26, 2026) · Listen from 3:38:39
Episodes
#501 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & LinuxLex Fridman Podcast · Aug 26, 2026 · 5 h 22 min
Lex Fridman and DHH discuss AI agents transforming programming, the Omarchy Linux distribution, open source, AI models, immigration in Europe, fatherhood and longevity.
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