I’m Jason, a tech manager in recommendation algorithms and architecture. Why I built xtty

Hi everyone, I’m Jason.

I’m an engineering manager working on recommendation algorithms and system architecture, and I’m the maker of xtty, a native macOS terminal I recently launched here.

Why I built xtty

My work often takes me between development and operations. I kept running into small interruptions:

• reconnecting to SSH hosts;

• opening another shell without losing my place;

• moving a file;

• finding the session that needed attention.

Different terminals handled different parts of that work. I wanted the pieces I use every day to be together in one place. That became xtty.

What I’d value from this community

I’m here to meet other makers and learn how people work with their tools. If you use terminals, SSH, or coding agents, what small step do you still repeat more often than you should?

I’d especially value a concrete example, including something xtty doesn’t solve.

I wrote more about why I built it here: Why I built xtty: the terminal I couldn’t find