The Building Block Economy

Mitchell Hashimoto{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Article", "mainEntityOfPage": { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://mitchellh.com/writing/building-block-economy" }, "headline": "The Building Block Economy", "datePublished": "2026-04-07T00:00:00.000Z", "dateModified": "2026-04-07T00:00:00.000Z", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Mitchell Hashimoto", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://mitchellh.com/static/images/logo.png" } } }The Building Block EconomyApril 7, 2026The most effective way to build software and get massive adoption is no longer high quality mainline apps but via building blocks that enable and encourage others to build quantity over quality.1 Ghostty in 18 months: one million daily macOS update checks.

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