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I recently shipped a non-trivial Ghostty feature (unobtrusive macOS automatic updates) that was largely developed with AI.
The Feature
Pre-AI Planning
First Session: Prototyping the UI
Cleanup Sessions
Facing "The Bug"
Starting the Backend
Cleanup Again, Big Time
Simulation
Last Mile
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Duration
~21 minutes (20K characters)
Release date
Oct 11, 2025