Mitchell Hashimoto

@mitchellh

Co-founder of @Superlogical. Creator of Ghostty. 👻 Prev founded @HashiCorp, created Vagrant, Terraform, Vault, and others.

Los Angeles, CA

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Mitchell Hashimoto
@mitchellh
Sep 19
Software should be fun. It should make you feel something, positive hopefully. Utilitarian software is the worst. The human experience is why life is worth living (even for something as teeny tiny as a terminal).
almonk
@almonk
Sep 19
importing your ghostty config to @superlogical is a moment to celebrate, right?
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Mitchell Hashimoto
@mitchellh
Sep 17
Terminal programs bias to dark modes and explicit colors are hostile to light modes and themes. We now detect programs when they request colors too out of whack from your theme, apply some Oklab magic and hue rotation to match your theme. Harmonious themes, everywhere, always.
almonk
@almonk
Sep 17
Have some fun stuff to share for fellow light mode terminal lovers: we call it Automatic Contrast Correction. Users of light themes will have felt my pain. Developers have generally designed text interfaces for dark mode terminals. There are many examples in the tui apps I use
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Mitchell Hashimoto
@mitchellh
Sep 16
Designers, your job is safe from AI.
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Mitchell Hashimoto
@mitchellh
Sep 16
The "whiteboard defense:" I should be able to pull you aside at any moment and ask you to explain any customer-facing system you've shipped. You should be able to clearly explain how it works and defend the decisions you made. This is my benchmark for responsible AI usage. I
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Mitchell Hashimoto
@mitchellh
Sep 15
After all, why shouldn't we [ab]use the CLI to recreate 2048 in the Superlogical multiplexer? Amazing work by a tester, not by me. The final boss will be getting DOOM running where every pixel is its own terminal. Software should be fun.
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