The Tech Entrepreneur Who Loves to Troll Silicon Valley

Earlier this month, David Heinemeier Hansson opened up Twitter and laced into Apple, describing the company as a “gangster” after it threatened to remove a new email app by his company, Basecamp, from the App Store for violating Apple policies. Hansson—who co-founded Basecamp with Jason Fried—has mastered the ability of getting under the skin of Silicon Valley’s elite, using Twitter to bash everything from big tech to venture capitalists to the hustle culture of startups.  

This time, though, the attack from Hansson—or DHH, as some refer to him—prompted an unusual response from techies along with the usual eye-rolling: agreement.