Developer Returns to Command Line After 30 Years Thanks to AI Agents
e2_for_life · reddit · 2026-08-23
A 40-year-old developer describes his journey from DOS to Windows and back to the Linux terminal, driven by AI coding agents. He argues that while GUIs historically solved the discoverability problem of command lines, AI now allows users to simply describe goals in plain English, letting the agent handle arcane syntax. This makes the terminal's scriptability, speed, and remote-friendliness more powerful than ever, leading him to embrace a terminal-centric workflow.
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