> I think most CLI apps are abusing color for little gain. Reading the output of some programs feels like wading through a room filled with fruit salad - the JS

> I think most CLI apps are abusing color for little gain. Reading the output of some programs feels like wading through a room filled with fruit salad - the JS ecosystem is particularly bad in this regard. I'm using red in my prompt to indicate a root shell and/or an SSH session, and I think that's as far as it should go. I feel the same way. I still want colour on the CLI, but tend to configure my most commonly used tools and par back the colour almost completely, then use it very selectively for things that I want to stand out. I think the only case it really makes sense to have colour salad is syntax highlighting, there's a lot of different types of things going on and the colour really does help to differentiate more easily. I also find sticking to 16 ANSI colours really helps to manage the chaos and enforces consistency.