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The best thing about TUIs is that they're so fast. They launch fast, run fast, and you use them fast. There's a learning curve for the bazillion hotkeys, becaus
by beej71 6mo ago
The best thing about TUIs is that they're so fast. They launch fast, run fast, and you use them fast. There's a learning curve for the bazillion hotkeys, because all it is is hot keys, but when you have it, you just fly.
I've been reverting more and more: mutt (mail), newsboat (RSS), amfora (gemini protocol), gurk (Signal), chawan (web), and even trn (Usenet). My RAM usage is tiny. Everything is quick.
GUIs should take a page from the TUI playbook and consider making the app keyboard-first. Nothing is more frustrating than a missing hotkey.
- fg137 6mo agoEh... no. Never underestimate people's ability to make software bloated and slow. You haven't spent enough time with Claude Code, Gemini CLI I guess.
- beej71 6mo agoOh, I've definitely seen the results. :) But it's nice when people don't do that.
- breuleux 6mo ago> They launch fast, run fast, and you use them fast. I don't know about that. The Gemini TUI takes like four full seconds to start on my machine. I have no idea what the hell it's doing. A lot of the fancy new TUIs that are coming on the crest of the current fad are hot garbage. I hate them.
- beej71 6mo agoClaude Code is 600 Kloc... insanity. It's definitely possible to write crap TUIs.
- PunchyHamster 6mo agoGUIs are being developed for first 30 minutes of use. It seems that barely anyone thinks about what GUI should like for app you use hours at a time for days at end. About only software that's half decent for it are IDEs (and probably some industry-specific niche software I'm ignorant of)