JavaScript sprinkles in Basecamp turned Stimulus (Changelog Interviews #286)

David Heinemeier Hansson joined the show to share the story of how JavaScript sprinkles in Basecamp evolved into a full-fledged framework called Stimulus. We talked about ins and outs of Basecamp as it is today, Ruby, JavaScript and David’s somewhat new found love for that language. How they open source because they can. And David’s new YouTube series called “On Writing Software Well”.

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Featuring:

• David Heinemeier Hansson – GitHub, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Stimulus homepage and the source on GitHub
• Stimulus 1.0
• Turbolinks
• Watch the proposition of Turbolinks if you haven’t yet
• David’s thoughts on the majestic monolith

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!