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The article is not against CLIs but TUIs. It’s extra mentioned that CLIs are mostly a good idea but TUIs aren’t.
by croes 2mo ago
The article is not against CLIs but TUIs.
It’s extra mentioned that CLIs are mostly a good idea but TUIs aren’t.
- embedding-shape 2mo ago> The article is not against CLIs but TUIs. Isn't it against both? Maybe I'm reading it wrong then, because things like these certainly seem against CLIs: > Back in 1999, Neal Stephenson wrote an essay about command line interfaces that set the field of human-computer interaction back about 20 years. In it, he depicts the priesthood of Unix nerds wielding CLIs as powerful Morlocks, holding the entire computing industry on their shoulders. > If you haven’t tried your hand at turning one of your 500 throwaway CLIs into a native app, you’re doing yourself a disservice. Maybe I'm missed something else, but I certainly got the impression the author isn't very impressed by CLIs.
- croes 2mo agoFrom the article > CLIs have purposes for which they’re irreplaceable. Building a CLI is almost always a good idea. Building a TUI almost never is.