Dev Meme: TUIs Are Just 120fps Progress Bars While Waiting for LLM Tokens
generativist · x · 2026-08-05
A developer humorously pointed out the reality of current AI coding tools: Terminal User Interfaces (TUIs) are essentially just a visual distraction. They render progress bars at 120 fps while you wait agonizingly for a couple of tokens to cross the wire from the LLM. This highlights the ongoing latency issues in AI coding workflows.
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