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Things I've learned building a modern TUI Framework (2022)

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331 points willm | 1 comments | 11 Aug 24 12:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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mikkelam ◴[11 Aug 24 16:47 UTC] No.41217448[source]▶
Why do software engineers care so much about TUI? I really don't get it. I love a good command line program. But TUI just doesn't appeal to me.
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1. willm ◴[11 Aug 24 16:49 UTC] No.41217465[source]▶
Each to their own. But running apps over SSH is a big plus. And some folk, like myself, enjoy the snappy keyboards focused experience that perhaps GUI apps could offer, but typically don't.