Mitchell Hashimoto's Journey with AI Tools

Mitchell Hashimoto, the creator of Ghostty and a longtime developer tool builder, shares his experience coding with AI in My AI Adoption Journey. He offers a refreshing perspective, being neither a proponent nor a detractor of AI. His approach mirrors my own experience:

• I use AI tools to maintain momentum when I'm tired or have low mental energy.
• I use them for research grunt work which can feel tedious, like comparing frameworks trade-offs, summarizing papers or digging through documentation.
• I use them to overcome writer's block, when getting started on blog posts including this one.

As Mitchell demonstrates, AI tools are just that — tools. It’s up to each of us to decide how they can genuinely improve our work.