Post #3143629
2026-05-24 09:57 UTC
@jannem@fosstodon.org @gabriel@fedi.gvisoc.com @odr_k4tana@infosec.exchange @Gargron@mastodon.social @aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au I understand your argument, but disagree with it.
Command line interfaces enable essentially conversational interaction with the machine, using language. Humans are exceedingly good at using language, it's our superpower.
Yes, we can devise better languages for interacting with the machine, and we should; but giving the user as much intimate access to the machine as they care to use is a good thing.
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@aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au 2026-05-24 11:54
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot @jannem@fosstodon.org @gabriel@fedi.gvisoc.com @odr_k4tana@infosec.exchange @Gargron@mastodon.social And it's important to highlight that thr two things are not mutually exclusive. You can provide a slick UI and also full access to the internals. Think about Linux for a moment. You can quite comfortably use KDE or GNOME without knowing a single Linux command. Yet if you want, you can have full access to the internals. That's very different to a lot of walled garden consumer tech these days, where all user access to the internals is blocked by design.