--- title: Best David Heinemeier Hansson posts — October 2023 description: The most upvoted David Heinemeier Hansson posts from October 2023, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/dhh/best-of/2023/10 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/dhh/best-of/2023/10 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best David Heinemeier Hansson posts — October 2023 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted David Heinemeier Hansson posts from October 2023, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of David Heinemeier Hansson — October 2023 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/we-tried-that-didn-t-work-5sn199vxw "We tried that, didn’t work") Article David Heinemeier Hansson · 3y We tried that, didn’t work The article discusses the 'we tried that, didn't work' fallacy and emphasizes the importance of not letting unsuccessful attempts deter progress. It highlights the success of building fast, modern web applications using the #NoBuild JavaScript approach, refuting the notion that it leads to slow applications. The author encourages testing priors, questioning assumptions, and embracing the progress happening now. 155 8 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/x-celebrates-60-savings-from-cloud-exit-htegdnrwj "X celebrates 60% savings from cloud exit") Article David Heinemeier Hansson · 3y X celebrates 60% savings from cloud exit X celebrates a 60% reduction in monthly cloud costs by moving work out of the cloud and onto their own servers. They are on track to save $60 million per year from the cloud exit achievements so far, and they have achieved this with a team a quarter of the size of what it was. The success of X's strategy may inspire other large corporations to explore the savings potential of leaving the cloud. 115 15 [See all David Heinemeier Hansson archives](/sources/dhh/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/dhh/best-of/2023/10#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/dhh/best-of/2023/10","name":"Best David Heinemeier Hansson Posts — October 2023","description":"The most upvoted David Heinemeier Hansson posts from October 2023, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/dhh/best-of/2023/10#items","numberOfItems":2,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/we-tried-that-didn-t-work-5sn199vxw","name":"We tried that, didn’t work"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/x-celebrates-60-savings-from-cloud-exit-htegdnrwj","name":"X celebrates 60% savings from cloud exit"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"David Heinemeier Hansson","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/dhh"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/dhh/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"October 2023"}]}]} ```