- Using a web browser to connect to a web app running in a Linux VM. I write all my custom tools that way.
- Using VS Code to connect remotely, using ssh
__MatrixMan__
I stick to CLI's and TUI's and use zellij as my window manager. This way the configs and muscle memory I develop on my work macbook are transferrable to the linux box I use for personal projects, and visa versa.
It seemed a bit limiting at first, but after adapting to it I feel like it was the right move. GUI's represent a sort of explosion in the set of valid states for software to be in, and I find that software which opts out of trying to support that explosion tends to work better, likely because the maintainer just has less to worry about.
floathub
Emacs text interface, Emacs GUI interface, and ... sorry what's the third one?
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spottedmarley
I was hoping the third way would be somehow related to a type of hands-free neuralink so I can code at the speed of thought with my eyes closed laying in bed. Someday the tech will exist but, by then I'm not sure coding will be a thing to do anymore. I'll probably still do it anyway though.
horsh1
Well, if we count claude as tui.
GianFabien
Early Reuters and Bloomberg terminals had a text-centric aesthetic.
AFAIK on a PC, when booted into text-only mode, you are still using a bit-mapped framebuffer. From my experiments you can mix graphics and text.
BirAdam
Isn’t that what resolution aware ttys and screen accomplish?
hypfer
Ah yes, website talks about "the bloat of x11 and Wayland", and doesn't even scroll correctly on Firefox mobile likely due to some JavaScript fuckery.
Other ways I often use:
- Using a web browser to connect to a web app running in a Linux VM. I write all my custom tools that way.
- Using VS Code to connect remotely, using ssh
I stick to CLI's and TUI's and use zellij as my window manager. This way the configs and muscle memory I develop on my work macbook are transferrable to the linux box I use for personal projects, and visa versa.
It seemed a bit limiting at first, but after adapting to it I feel like it was the right move. GUI's represent a sort of explosion in the set of valid states for software to be in, and I find that software which opts out of trying to support that explosion tends to work better, likely because the maintainer just has less to worry about.
Emacs text interface, Emacs GUI interface, and ... sorry what's the third one? :-)
I was hoping the third way would be somehow related to a type of hands-free neuralink so I can code at the speed of thought with my eyes closed laying in bed. Someday the tech will exist but, by then I'm not sure coding will be a thing to do anymore. I'll probably still do it anyway though.
Well, if we count claude as tui.
Early Reuters and Bloomberg terminals had a text-centric aesthetic.
AFAIK on a PC, when booted into text-only mode, you are still using a bit-mapped framebuffer. From my experiments you can mix graphics and text.
Isn’t that what resolution aware ttys and screen accomplish?
Ah yes, website talks about "the bloat of x11 and Wayland", and doesn't even scroll correctly on Firefox mobile likely due to some JavaScript fuckery.
Practice what you preach. And practice first.
Like the days of Norton Commander