Ghostty is a great terminal app. I've been using it a lot over the past few years. When I started using Claude Code the tabs were not enough and so I looked for a multiplexer. I did not like tmux and other apps needed better UX design. So I made Batty using the Ghostty library and I think you'll enjoy using it. It has themes, keyboard shortcuts for everything, drag & drop to move window panes and fast navigation as well as notifications for terminal BELs.
Perl 6 was supposed to be an upgrade but it kept changing. I lost interest and know I will never use it. And if it is a totally different language why is it called Perl?
Perl was the language that I used many years ago but I moved on. Perl 6 was announced in 2000 and took over 10 years to see a release and by then most developers moved on like I did. When a language takes that long between releases there's clearly a lack of enthusiasm and support for the language. And touting market share? That is a pointless argument. You should be working with multiple languages and move past these silly blog posts.
@Animats, this is very true. Many only want to use languages which are considered easy. Ruby and Swift are examples of the easier languages which allow developers to avoid issues like memory allocation bugs. I do find that the side effect of using simple languages, relying heavily on frameworks and easy to use dependencies leads to complex applications which the developer does not really understand. The extreme example is a WordPress site which is slow or buggy and the "developer" who put it together does not know why much less appreciate what is going on in the MySQL database. I wonder how many developers are even capable of doing this low level work in relation to the total number of people who call themselves developers.
Nope. The arguments in this piece are way off base. This is also now a very old argument which has been rehashed too many times. Modern wisdom shows us that native mobile apps have their place and Apple, Google, Mozilla and others are rapidly advancing web technologies. They are hardly holding back in order to force developers to build native apps. Once SVG, Canvas and other powerful HTML5 features become more common along with a more powerful runtime for the web, we will see the situation change. For now, I am happy building and using native mobile apps. I also build responsive web pages and plan on continuing doing so. They can coexist and they should.
My issue with how things work currently is that logging into a native mobile app is not nearly as easy as logging into a website. That process has to improve. That why I like logging in with Facebook, Twitter or GitHub.
Still what I would prefer is a single trustworthy service which does not compromise my privacy for the purpose of advertising. I could use that service to log into any service which would integrate with this single service to get a one-time password to the user on the computer or mobile device they are using.
As the user I would be able to use an mobile app and browser plugins to get the one-time password to conveniently log in with as few steps as possible.
I'm not sorry. He can disagree with other people and make decisions about his own life, but once he gives money to a cause that is working to restrict the basic rights and freedoms of others he's crossed the line.
Eventually you will get a handle on AutoLayout and it will become much easier. I learned to follow a few patterns that I taught myself which are solid for my interfaces. If I did it all in code I would be shooting myself and any other developer who has to touch this project later.
Who says designers need to use Xcode and IB? They can provide the comps so the developer knows the dimensions. It should be a collaborative process, not something that belongs to the developer or designer.
No thanks. Just learn to Storyboards already. It is it that hard and Xcode can help anyone who maintains this app. If it all in code it takes a lot of the and effort to understand what is controlling the layout.
What does this guy know about Open Source? It's not like he dedicated years of his career encouraging Microsoft to warm up to Open Source or works at GitHub to make it easier for developers using Windows to use Open Source.
Or wait, he has done all that? Next you'll tell me he's super handsome and has a beautiful family. Now you're just pulling my leg.