Mitchell Hashimoto: Ghostty, libghostty & chasing the human experience

Mitchell Hashimoto - famously the founder of HashiCorp (creators of Terraform, Vault etc.) joins the show to discuss his latest open-source project, Ghostty, a modern terminal emulator. 

We discuss:

• Designing dev tools with a focus on human experience.
• Taking on large technical projects and breaking them down into achievable steps.
• Open source sustainability and the role of financial support.
• The impossible goal of building a perfect human experience with software.
• Passion and hiring—why obsession with a topic often leads to the best hires.
• Using AI as a developer and why Mitchell considers AI tooling essential.
• The motivation behind Ghostty and the idea of "technical philanthropy."
• The vision for libghostty as a reusable terminal core for other applications.

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Links:

• Ghostty (https://ghostty.org/)
• Mitchell Hashimoto on Twitter (https://twitter.com/mitchellh)
• Mitchell’s blog (https://mitchellh.com/)