Patrick Collison: Coding Agents Shouldn't Default to the Terminal

Stripe co-founder Patrick Collison argued that while he likes agentic coding tools, they shouldn't primarily live in the terminal, citing its low information density and weak UI interactivity, and drawing parallels to how REPLs long struggled under terminal constraints.

2026-08-16 ~ 2026-08-18 · 3 related posts

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