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The advantage of TUIs is that you get a low-fidelity browser UI that doesn’t need to be exposed to the internet, that can be run remotely via SSH, which doesn’t
by chazhaz 9mo ago
The advantage of TUIs is that you get a low-fidelity browser UI that doesn’t need to be exposed to the internet, that can be run remotely via SSH, which doesn’t ship you megabytes of JavaScript, and which works equally well on everyone’s machine
- oneeyedpigeon 9mo ago> doesn’t need to be exposed to the internet [PWAs: Offline and background operation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps/Guides/Offline_and_background_operation https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web...) > that can be run remotely via SSH Fair > which doesn’t ship you megabytes of JavaScript Not required at all; that would be a decision the app makes and not inherent to the medium > works equally well on everyone’s machine Provided they're using a compatible terminal with a compatible color scheme that doesn't just make everything unreadable.
- infogulch 9mo ago> > which doesn’t ship you megabytes of JavaScript > that would be a decision the app makes OK but as soon as some moron with a Product Manager title gets their grubby little fingers on it the app does start shipping megabytes of JS in practice. TUI's can't, that's the advantage.
- wubrr 9mo agoYou can run a web UI locally, without exposing it to the public internet, and access it remotely via SSH. > which works equally well on everyone’s machine Why are you so sure it runs equally well on everyone's machine? Even big popular TUIs like Claude Code do not really accomplish this.
- spwa4 9mo agoDon't forget about the speed and the keyboard-only navigation.