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sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/08... I agree with a lot of this, which is weird given my career building CLIs (but not TUIs). can’t think of a single one that I wouldn’t rather be a native GUI 😬

sockpuppet.orgStop Making TUIsIt's time to stop drawing user interfaces with punctuation characters. Native UI is a completely solved problem.

23/8/26, 8:18 am1 repost2 likes

boneskull

@boneskull.dev

23 Aug

I see people building really cool looking TUIs and think, “wow, impressive that someone has shoehorned this into a terminal!” 25 years of macOS has spoiled me, I’m afraid