Writing a shell is rarely the kind of project you take on lightly. In this episode, Johnny is joined by Qi Xiao to explore how to go about such a feat in Go.

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Johnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

Elvish shell

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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