ghostty-is-coming.md (916B)
1 +++ 2 title = "Contra Shipping in Public" 3 date = 2024-10-23 4 updated = 2025-01-12 5 [extra] 6 type = "link" 7 link = "https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-is-coming" 8 +++ 9 10 Mitchell Hashimoto, announcing the release of his new terminal emulator: 11 12 > ...I am nostalgic for the days when software was released when it was 13 > ready. I like to imagine that if stores like CompUSA still existed, 14 > Ghostty 1.0 would be boxed, shrink-wrapped, and on the shelf ready for 15 > purchase (but also free and open-source). 16 17 It's a delicate balance. I could actually summon a hundred anecdotes on 18 the subject: "ship early and often," the whole build-in-public movement, 19 the concept of an MVP, etc. 20 21 All of this is well and good, but it has taken some of the magic out of 22 release day. Shipping before we're done means that we don't have a 23 moment to point to where everything changed. No more "iPod, phone, 24 internet communicator." 25 26 <!-- more -->