Mitchell HashimotoOct 11

I've shared the full transcript of every agentic coding session from implementing the unobtrusive Ghostty updates and provided commentary alongside about my thinking and process.

I'm regularly asked to share non-trivial examples of how I use AI and agentic coding tools and this felt like a golden opportunity to walk through my process with a well-scoped, non-trivial, real-world, shipping feature.

Total cost: $15.98 over 16 sessions.

"Vibing a Non-Trivial Ghostty Feature" https://mitchellh.com/writing/non-trivial-vibing

Vibing a Non-Trivial Ghostty Feature

Mitchell Hashimoto
Show threadMarcOct 11

@mitchellh hey Mitchell, thanks for this post, it's a really interesting window into this stuff.

I know this might be an annoyingly common request but have you spoken to the ethics of all this on record anywhere? I want to love Ghostty, but I'm more and more uncomfortable with LLMs and the ethics surrounding them.

Show threadMitchell Hashimoto
@mdiluz I haven’t, and obviously Mastodon won’t be a good place to do that. Note that Ghostty itself has no AI features. If software written with AI assistance is enough by association to make you uncomfortable then I’ve got bad news for you for pretty much the entire software ecosystem…
Oct 11 at 3:48pmWeb
Show threadMitchell HashimotoOct 11
@mdiluz more directly though: I have thoughts. One of my closest friends is chief nuclear officer of a nuclear energy company and another who I spent a few hours with yesterday is a very successful IP lawyer dealing with a lot of AI stuff. We all talk about it constantly. I have thoughts. But not really ready to put em down
Show threadMarcOct 11
@mitchellh yeah no worries, it's such a complicated issue for us as developers - especially if wanting to use "handmade" software when possible. You're 100% right that it's a struggle! I appreciate the reply, and your transparency and intellectual curiosity, it's at least a step in a different direction to others I see on my feed.