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Line 11: }} '''David Heinemeier Hansson''', also known as DHH, is a Danish programmer, entrepreneur, race car driver, and multi-millionaire. He is the creator of the popular Ruby on Rails web framework, the Chief Technology Officer of 37signals, the company responsible for productivity software such as Basecamp, HEY, and ONCE, and a member of the [[Shopify]] board of directors since November 2024.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Hansson \|first=David \|title=David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) \|url=https://dhh.dk/ \|access-date=6 April 2026 \|website=David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH)}}</ref> David has published a number of [[White Supremacy\|white supremacist]] and [[Opposition to Immigration\|anti-immigration]] articles, publicly supports [[Islamophobia\|anti-Islam]] agitator Tommy Robinson and the violent [[wikipedia:2025_British_anti-immigration_protests\|British anti-immigration protests of 2025]], and has worked to dismantle progressive politics within the companies and communities he is responsible for. == "As I remember London" == Line 42: Omarchy is a pre-configured Arch Linux-based Linux distribution "by DHH" using the [[Hyprland]] desktop environment, founded by David Heinemeier Hansson.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Hansson \|first=David Heinemeier \|date=26 June 2025 \|title=Omarchy is out \|url=https://world.hey.com/dhh/omarchy-is-out-4666dd31 \|access-date=6 April 2026 \|website=David Heinemeier Hansson}}</ref> Hyprland is controversial, in particular for its project leader, Vaxry, who expresses trans- and homophobic rhetoric and portrays himself and Hyprland as victims of the [[RedHat DEI conspiracy theory]]. Omarchy is financially supported by [[Cloudflare]],<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Rhea \|first=Sam \|title=Supporting the future of the open web: Cloudflare is sponsoring Ladybird and Omarchy \|url=https://blog.cloudflare.com/supporting-the-future-of-the-open-web/ \|access-date=6 April 2026 \|website=The Cloudflare Blog}}</ref>, who provides hosting for the website. It is unclear if Cloudflare provides direct financial support to Hansson, but the Ladybird project sponsorship, announced simultaneously with Omarchy, included a $100,000 cash donation.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=@ladybirdbrowser \|date=22 September 2025 \|title=Ladybird on X: "We are proud to share that Cloudflare is sponsoring Ladybird at the Platinum level ($100,000)!" \|url=https://x.com/ladybirdbrowser/status/1970160706650595592 \|access-date=6 April 2026 \|website=X}}</ref> [[Framework]], a laptop manufacturer, has sent test hardware to Omarchy,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=nrp \|first="Framework Team" \|date=9 October 2025 \|title=Framework supporting far-right racists? \|url=https://community.frame.work/t/framework-supporting-far-right-racists/75986/2 \|access-date=6 April 2026 \|website=Framework Community}}</ref> promotes Omarchy on its social media profiles,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Framework \|first=on X \|title=Framework on X: "Omarchy is the new FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8" \|url=https://x.com/FrameworkPuter/status/1975721241345728683#m \|access-date=6 April 2026 \|website=X}}</ref> and sponsors Hyprland at $7,200/year.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Patel \|first=Nirav \|date=25 March 2026 \|title=Framework sponsorships \|url=https://frame.work/nl/en/blog/framework-sponsorships \|access-date=6 April 2026 \|website=Framework}}</ref> <references /> [[Category:People]]