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The only thing?.. - it's super easy to use the output of one program as the input of another, and to integrate it in bigger scripts. - it's much more discover

by yoavm 3y ago

The only thing?.. - it's super easy to use the output of one program as the input of another, and to integrate it in bigger scripts. - it's much more discoverable. when Mac users tell me they discovered tricks like holding right click at the screen corner or whatever, I'm telling them about `--help`. - it prevents loosing context - I'm not switching windows all the time - it always works. usually the same. and everywhere: on my laptop, on my server, on my phone. These are just some reasons why I love it, but I'm sure there are others. and btw if you're really into search, sort, group filtering etc - maybe you should check out nushell. (edit: formatting)

vaughan 3y ago
> it's super easy to use the output of one program as the input of another, and to integrate it in bigger scripts This can be done with Python/TypeScript code and it would be much more maintainable and typesafe. I don't know anyone who enjoys writing bash scripts over TypeScript code. > I'm telling them about `--help` Auto-complete in a text editor is far superior. > - it always works. usually the same. and everywhere: on my laptop, on my server, on my phone. This is a good point.
- yoavm 3y ago
  > This can be done with Python/TypeScript code and it would be much more maintainable and typesafe. I don't know anyone who enjoys writing bash scripts over TypeScript code. I'm talking about doing stuff like `cat file.json| jq -r .some.thing | base64 -d > file.txt`. What even _is_ the GUI for this? and is writing this in Python/TS actually better? it's not even more maintainable. ever tried going back to your Python/TS project after a few years, setting up the environment from scratch and all? It's awful... > Auto-complete in a text editor is far superior. but GUI apps aren't text editors. I'm saying it's much easier for me to run `youtube-dl --help | grep something_i_am_looking_for` than to search for it in some youtube-dl interface.
  - vaughan 3y ago
    > ever tried going back to your Python/TS project after a few years 100%. It could be a lot better! I'm very bullish on https://bun.sh https://bun.sh changing this!

by yoavm 3y ago

vaughan 3y ago

> it's super easy to use the output of one program as the input of another, and to integrate it in bigger scripts This can be done with Python/TypeScript code and it would be much more maintainable and typesafe. I don't know anyone who enjoys writing bash scripts over TypeScript code. > I'm telling them about `--help` Auto-complete in a text editor is far superior. > - it always works. usually the same. and everywhere: on my laptop, on my server, on my phone. This is a good point.

yoavm 3y ago
> This can be done with Python/TypeScript code and it would be much more maintainable and typesafe. I don't know anyone who enjoys writing bash scripts over TypeScript code. I'm talking about doing stuff like `cat file.json| jq -r .some.thing | base64 -d > file.txt`. What even _is_ the GUI for this? and is writing this in Python/TS actually better? it's not even more maintainable. ever tried going back to your Python/TS project after a few years, setting up the environment from scratch and all? It's awful... > Auto-complete in a text editor is far superior. but GUI apps aren't text editors. I'm saying it's much easier for me to run `youtube-dl --help | grep something_i_am_looking_for` than to search for it in some youtube-dl interface.
- vaughan 3y ago
  > ever tried going back to your Python/TS project after a few years 100%. It could be a lot better! I'm very bullish on https://bun.sh https://bun.sh changing this!