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It is quite interesting to recall how David Hansson, the creator of Ruby on Rails came up with this simple yet powerful tool for developers and programmers alike. Hansson, a native of Copenhagen has built an entire framework aiming to help simplify all the complexities of programming. And help developers save more time and energy thus be more productive with their work. It was his belief to look for alternative ways around the standard IDEAS of computer science that influence the work of programmers. This has led to so many complex product design, that would in turn lead to further complexity. He did not think of creating a complex framework for Google engineers to flock to. He instead concentrated on creating simple designs that would modify the database which developers face every time.