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enriquto · 2026-10-27T18:19:32.000Z

> Building Ghostty from source is not recommended for most users.

Why is that? It reminds me of the XFree86 times when building from source was some unstable, fancy thing that was severely frowned upon.

sgt · 2026-10-27T18:31:30.000Z

Probably something to do with Zig. Zig changes so quickly that if you're not using exactly the compiler that they are using, it's unlikely to work.

ChickeNES · 2026-10-27T21:33:23.000Z

That seems…fragile. Is there even much future in Zig? The only other major project that I know of using Zig ditched it.

sgt · 2026-10-28T07:46:46.000Z

That is a concern yeah. But I think less of an issue as Mitchell has the Zig team on speed dial.

enriquto · 2026-10-28T09:01:12.000Z

somehow this is far more concerning...

Does it mean that it's only viable to use the zig programming language if you can have "their team" on speed dial?

m1keil · 2026-10-27T19:22:58.000Z

Here's a delicious meal we prepared for you. We don't recommend you going to the kitchen and trying to prepare it all over again.

..but you can!

Nothing controversial here.