暑い (あつい) means hot when talkingaboutt weather specifically. The kanji above added a lot more lines to the kanji, implying that it is very hot, which is also represented in the reading あっっっっっっっつい (or hot vs hooooooooot)

ncmpcpp on Linux as a mpd frontend. I started using it during the “I want to do everything in the terminal” phase of a linux user, and it kinda grew on me.