Ellie Huxtable

Ellie Huxtable, the creator of Atuin, shares her journey in developing an innovative open-source tool for managing shell history. She reveals the joys of syncing and searching commands across devices, and why she chose Rust for the project. Ellie discusses her decision to leave her job and focus on Atuin full-time, the playful branding that features a mascot inspired by Terry Pratchett, and the importance of community feedback. The conversation is filled with insights into balancing passion with practicality in tech development.

Ellie Huxtable, creator of Atuin, talks about syncing shell history, liking Rust, branding/marketing the project, quitting job for full-time work, business model & more. Also, discussions on shell apps, event streaming evolution, quitting job for side project, RVM evolution, convenience in service use, building community & syncing developer environments.

Ellie Huxtable discusses Atuin, a Rust CLI tool for shell history sync, search, and backup. The podcast covers transitioning to management, using Rust in small services, SQL light database, encryption, tips for promoting resource projects, encryption and key management, side projects and refreshing perspectives, testing procedures and strategies for releasing, the evolution of terminals and GUI apps, and attracting maintainers for project sustainability.