> It's easy to get into a machismo thing where you regard the shell Unspoken presumptions about how the CLI is harder to use and GUIs somehow more natural (bec

> It's easy to get into a machismo thing where you regard the shell Unspoken presumptions about how the CLI is harder to use and GUIs somehow more natural (because graphics) is usually a sign of not understanding neither. I spend most of my time in my editor and at the command line because it's easier to use. I don't have to learn thousands of little clickable widgets just to get the job done (which tend to change with every version of the tool). That said, there are good and bad user interfaces with CLI tools, just like with GUI tools. What's more interesting however, is how tools shape the way you think. CLI tools tend to feel like processing data, whereas with GUI tools you feel like maneouvering a large machine. The former tends to lead to fewer mistakes at scale.