Kovid Goyal: Linux, Window Managers, and GitHub Controversies

Kovid Goyal is the creator of the Kitty terminal and the Calibre e-book reader. We had an interview around 4 months ago. After that interview, I became a fan of the myth, the legend. So much so that I switched back from Ghostty to Kitty as my main terminal. Well, not just because, but because he implemented a feature I was missing in Ghostty: Sessions. So I was able to replace my beloved tmux with kitty and I've been running without tmux for a few months now, it's been good.

Video:

https://youtu.be/SY8L-cj4x6k

What's the best way to support me?

https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enough

Timeline:

00:00:00 - Highlights

00:02:31 - 2nd time

00:03:24 - choose-files kitten image and video preview demo

00:07:30 - Does it replace the open file dialogue on macOS or just Linux?

00:09:13 - Why do you create all these protocols and tools?

00:10:34 - The itch of improving your workflow. Do you over optimize?