Opinions
Hansson appeared on the cover of the July 2006 issue of Linux Journal which included an interview with him in the feature story 'Opinions on Opinionated Software'. In the same month, the now defunct Business 2.0 web magazine ranked him 34th among "50 people who matter now".
Hansson is an outspoken character known for the crude and brutal way he expresses his opinions, both online and in real life. Hansson and his company have been accused of arrogance, which he does not deny.
Hansson is critical of enterprise software saying it is "not about technology or best practices". He created the web-development framework Ruby on Rails to free programmers from what he saw as repetitive coding inherent in platforms such as Java.
Hansson has expressed the view that women's low participation is not a result of what he called the "testosterone-powered alpha nature" of the programming world. The debate stemmed from a presentation made by a speaker at GoGaRuCo (the Golden Gate Ruby Conference) that included sexually suggestive slides. Hansson has received criticism for his endorsement of behavior seen as radical and crude.
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