Soh Satoh
研究職 at 大阪大学
Japan
Summary
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RockstarSoh Satoh is a Japan-based research engineer with 10 years of software experience who blends academic curiosity with practical security engineering. Currently a researcher at Osaka University, he contributes to open-source projects as a full-stack developer—most notably adding nuanced UX and focus-management features to the GPU-accelerated Ghostty terminal emulator. He brings a strong systems orientation, comfortable touching Swift, Zig, and configuration layers to deliver cross-platform, performance-sensitive tooling. Known for solving edge-case visibility and focus issues, he pairs rigorous problem analysis with pragmatic implementation to improve developer-facing software.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (10)
swift10
macos10
terminal-emulator10
zig10
terminal-application10
emulation10
configuration-management9
uid8
ui-design8
front-end-development8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
ghostty-org/ghostty
Dec 2024 - Jul 2025
👻 Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 11 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Soh primarily focused on implementing the "quick terminal" feature for the Ghostty terminal emulator. Their contributions included adding the quick-terminal-space-behavior configuration option and related logic to handle the terminal's behavior when switching spaces. They also addressed issues related to the quick terminal's visibility and focus management, ensuring it appeared correctly on first call and when toggled. These changes spanned multiple files, including configuration, Swift code, and Zig configuration, indicating a full-stack approach.
gpu-accelerationterminal-emulator
sohsatoh/FreePIP
Jan 2021 - Dec 2022
FreePIP is a tweak to un-snap and scale the view of Picture-in-Picture on iOS unlimitedly.
Contributions:10 commits, 2 PRs, 10 pushes in 1 year 11 months
iostweakjailbreak
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