I prefer CLI over GUI but I also prefer to have a life over making my life harder. On that same context, I prefer nano over vi/vim any time.
Now, the problem with aliases is that the more you use the more addicted you get. If you have to touch another terminal without those aliases, you will automatically try the aliases you are used to or create them so you can do whatever you have to do.
Meaning, it is not a practice easy to transfer to other environment. zsh + auto complete makes your life a lot easier and you won't forget the commands.
The problem is that people turned "worse GUI" into a religion. We had good GUIs, but the GUI people all decided that making the GUIs worse was a brilliant thing to do
for me, it's less 'still' and more 'again'. claude code + API tokens means i no longer have to suffer the user-hostile design of many webpages. using full-screen claude code feels like finding my old DOS teddy from childhood buried in the back of a closet.
No. I prefer a GUI for anything that isn't going to be scripted (which is to say, most tasks that I do). Easier to work in, and much more discoverable than a CLI.
I agree with this. If it’s text, I do it in the terminal, but I still use GUI for Chrome or Zoom. I think the discoverability depends on the product. On the other hand, in the terminal, it’s a help flag or a man page.
>alias gp='git push'
I prefer CLI over GUI but I also prefer to have a life over making my life harder. On that same context, I prefer nano over vi/vim any time.
Now, the problem with aliases is that the more you use the more addicted you get. If you have to touch another terminal without those aliases, you will automatically try the aliases you are used to or create them so you can do whatever you have to do.
Meaning, it is not a practice easy to transfer to other environment. zsh + auto complete makes your life a lot easier and you won't forget the commands.
> Same two-letter command in my muscle memory. make run. make test. make migrate
Should surely be "two-word"?
Both actually. It is incorrect. It’s two words, but I also have an alias that makes it two letters. Thanks for pointing this out.
> Pipes are not a feature. They’re a worldview.
> Text is the universal interface
No wonder we don't get better GUIs if people keep turning the terminal into a religion.
The problem is that people turned "worse GUI" into a religion. We had good GUIs, but the GUI people all decided that making the GUIs worse was a brilliant thing to do
for me, it's less 'still' and more 'again'. claude code + API tokens means i no longer have to suffer the user-hostile design of many webpages. using full-screen claude code feels like finding my old DOS teddy from childhood buried in the back of a closet.
terminal is the only way for me... 100% control year after year.
Me too, because a lot of storage infrastructures need terminal.
Absolutely!
Doesn't everyone?
No. I prefer a GUI for anything that isn't going to be scripted (which is to say, most tasks that I do). Easier to work in, and much more discoverable than a CLI.
I agree with this. If it’s text, I do it in the terminal, but I still use GUI for Chrome or Zoom. I think the discoverability depends on the product. On the other hand, in the terminal, it’s a help flag or a man page.
Me too!