Software Unscripted How Mitchell Hashimoto Builds Ghostty
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Feb 17, 2026 
Mitchell Hashimoto, HashiCorp co-founder and creator of the Ghostty terminal emulator, discusses building Ghostty, why he favors native GUIs and single-platform depth, and how he shares Zig-based core logic across platforms. He also talks about AI-assisted development, agent-driven workflows, and Ghostty’s transition to a nonprofit.
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Subjective Norms Can Discourage Good Acts
- Critics often apply subjective ideals as objective standards and judge generosity unfairly.
- Such reactions can discourage helpful contributions and create perverse incentives to do nothing.
Run AI Agents In Stepwise Pipelines
- Use stepwise agent workflows: run slow research agents, then a verification pass, then implementation threads.
- Break tasks into small queries to avoid overloading models and causing errors.
Demand Source Links And Verify AI Output
- Always ask AI tools to cite file links and line numbers when analyzing code.
- Manually verify the cited files to catch hallucinations and subtle mistakes.