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486 points ethanpil | 3 comments | 25 Jun 25 00:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.161s | source
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anyfoo ◴[25 Jun 25 00:27 UTC] No.44372516[source]▶
Fun. I must admit I don't really know who this is for, but it seems fun.
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DrJokepu ◴[25 Jun 25 00:43 UTC] No.44372607[source]▶
It’s right there in the readme actually:

> The goal is to provide an accessible editor that even users largely unfamiliar with terminals can easily use.

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scblock ◴[25 Jun 25 00:49 UTC] No.44372647[source]▶
That may be the written goal, but I doubt that's the actual reason the project exists.
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cosignal ◴[25 Jun 25 00:57 UTC] No.44372682[source]▶
Yeah ... I don't think there's any overlap between "users largely unfamiliar with terminals" who want something easy to use, and 'Linux users who are sufficiently technical that they would even hear about this repo'.
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1. paulfharrison ◴[25 Jun 25 02:06 UTC] No.44373046{3}[source]▶
Here's a scenario. You're running a cluster, and your users are biologists producing large datasets. They need to run some very specific command line software to assemble genomes. They need to edit SLURM scripts over SSH. This is all far outside their comfort zone. You need to point them at a text editor, which one do you choose?

I've met biologists who enjoy the challenge of vim, but they are rare. nano does the job, but it's fugly. micro is a bit better, and my current recommendation. They are not perfect experiences out of the box. If Microsoft can make that out of the box experience better, something they are very good at, then more power to them. If you don't like Microsoft, make something similar.

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2. hulitu ◴[25 Jun 25 05:19 UTC] No.44373841[source]▶
> You need to point them at a text editor, which one do you choose?

mcedit ?

3. 0points ◴[25 Jun 25 09:37 UTC] No.44375327[source]▶
> You're running a cluster, and your users are biologists producing large datasets. They need to run some very specific command line software to assemble genomes. They need to edit SLURM scripts over SSH. This is all far outside their comfort zone. You need to point them at a text editor, which one do you choose?

Wrongly phrased scenario. If you are running this cluster for the biologists, you should build a front end for them to "edit SLURM scripts", or you may find yourself looking for a new job.

> A Bioinformatics Engineer develops software, algorithms, and databases to analyze biological data.

You're an engineer, so why don't you engineer a solution?