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