Mitchell Hashimoto discusses why he built Ghostty in Zig to explore GPU and desktop systems programming and to rethink terminal emulators — proposing ideas like an n-screen API and a button protocol to overcome PTY/escape-sequence limitations while balancing legacy compatibility and open-source responsibilities.
Sparta famously discouraged precious-metal coinage (using heavy iron money internally), but in later Hellenistic and Roman periods Spartans did strike limited, rare coins — notably royal silver tetradrachms (Areus, Cleomenes, Nabis), Achaean League issues, and Roman provincial bronzes. The article surveys these types and their historical contexts, explaining why genuine Spartan coins are scarce and significant to collectors and historians.