>am aware that lots of developers seem to like the command line, but I can't for the life of me understand why. I used to think exactly like this. It takes a

>am aware that lots of developers seem to like the command line, but I can't for the life of me understand why. I used to think exactly like this. It takes a while to get used to the CLI workflow, you only start to reap its benefits once you've gained a solid understanding of unix and also developed the autonomy to select the right CLI tools (e.g. tmux, zsh, vim, git) which creates synergy at every tier of your development stack. I have written software on Windows and Linux, and when it comes to most tasks related to software development, GUIs tend to get in the way. GUIs are useful at first because all your options are laid out before you, but the complexity increases since the functionality of the entire system must be abstracted through a visual interface.