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stAInley 21 minutes ago [-]
> Text is the universal interface
The nipple is the universal interface. Everything else is an abstraction.
h4kunamata 3 hours ago [-]
>alias gp='git push'
I prefer CLI over GUI but I also prefer to have a life over making my life harder. On that same context, I prefer nano over vi/vim any time.
Now, the problem with aliases is that the more you use the more addicted you get. If you have to touch another terminal without those aliases, you will automatically try the aliases you are used to or create them so you can do whatever you have to do.
Meaning, it is not a practice easy to transfer to other environment. zsh + auto complete makes your life a lot easier and you won't forget the commands.
royal__ 17 minutes ago [-]
> I prefer CLI over GUI but I also prefer to have a life over making my life harder.
I think this is actually a really profound statement. Many people seem to get caught up in trying to take the most efficient path when you could take a somewhat less efficient path that requires much less time. It can become a form of yak-shaving.
Now, don't get me wrong: there's absolutely a benefit in investing time to learn efficient methods. But life is also short, and you've gotta choose where you invest.
zabzonk 4 hours ago [-]
> Same two-letter command in my muscle memory. make run. make test. make migrate
Should surely be "two-word"?
tacoda 4 hours ago [-]
Both actually. It is incorrect. It’s two words, but I also have an alias that makes it two letters. Thanks for pointing this out.
xg15 5 hours ago [-]
> Pipes are not a feature. They’re a worldview.
> Text is the universal interface
No wonder we don't get better GUIs if people keep turning the terminal into a religion.
vitally3643 3 hours ago [-]
The problem is that people turned "worse GUI" into a religion. We had good GUIs, but the GUI people all decided that making the GUIs worse was a brilliant thing to do
otekengineering 6 hours ago [-]
for me, it's less 'still' and more 'again'. claude code + API tokens means i no longer have to suffer the user-hostile design of many webpages. using full-screen claude code feels like finding my old DOS teddy from childhood buried in the back of a closet.
hdaz0017 5 hours ago [-]
terminal is the only way for me... 100% control year after year.
hawky89 12 hours ago [-]
Me too, because a lot of storage infrastructures need terminal.
rowbin 5 hours ago [-]
Absolutely!
Avicebron 12 hours ago [-]
Doesn't everyone?
bigstrat2003 4 hours ago [-]
No. I prefer a GUI for anything that isn't going to be scripted (which is to say, most tasks that I do). Easier to work in, and much more discoverable than a CLI.
tacoda 4 hours ago [-]
I agree with this. If it’s text, I do it in the terminal, but I still use GUI for Chrome or Zoom. I think the discoverability depends on the product. On the other hand, in the terminal, it’s a help flag or a man page.
The nipple is the universal interface. Everything else is an abstraction.
I prefer CLI over GUI but I also prefer to have a life over making my life harder. On that same context, I prefer nano over vi/vim any time.
Now, the problem with aliases is that the more you use the more addicted you get. If you have to touch another terminal without those aliases, you will automatically try the aliases you are used to or create them so you can do whatever you have to do.
Meaning, it is not a practice easy to transfer to other environment. zsh + auto complete makes your life a lot easier and you won't forget the commands.
I think this is actually a really profound statement. Many people seem to get caught up in trying to take the most efficient path when you could take a somewhat less efficient path that requires much less time. It can become a form of yak-shaving.
Now, don't get me wrong: there's absolutely a benefit in investing time to learn efficient methods. But life is also short, and you've gotta choose where you invest.
Should surely be "two-word"?
> Text is the universal interface
No wonder we don't get better GUIs if people keep turning the terminal into a religion.