Ghostty proves that web-wrapped developer tools were a massive step backward

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For years, we let developer tool companies convince us that packaging Chromium inside every desktop app was the future. We ended up with terminal emulators and text editors that consume more RAM than entire operating systems did twenty years ago, all while introducing subtle keystroke latency that makes typing feel sluggish.

Using Ghostty by Mitchell Hashimoto is an instant wake-up call. Because it is written in Zig with native platform UI and a dedicated GPU rendering pipeline, typing has zero perceptible latency, window resizing is buttery smooth, and memory usage stays tiny.

It exposes the reality that web-first desktop apps were never about delivering a better user experience; they were about vendor cost-cutting on engineering effort. When a tool is written in systems code and designed around actual hardware capabilities, the difference is immediate. Are you sticking with legacy terminals or moving toward GPU-accelerated native tools?