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Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by 2001zhaozhao on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @08:00PM (#46983556)
At some point we need to start preferring GUIs instead of terminals as the AI starts giving us more and more information. Features like hover-over tooltips and toggle switches designed for mouse operation might really start to matter.

Maybe "AI IDEs" will gain ground in the future, e.g. vibe-kanban

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Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by metaltyphoon on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @10:17PM (#46984512)
Please for the love of God no. I rather have something completely agnostic of an IDE. OpenCode is doing the right thing IMO
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Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by cmrdporcupine on Thursday February 12, 2026 @05:35AM (#46987078)
You can have something IDE agnostic but still not be dependent on the ancient VT100 terminal protocol and rendering path.

(That said I do like being able to SSH in and run an agent that way. But there are other remote access modalities.)

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Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by bibabaloo on Thursday February 12, 2026 @12:50AM (#46985287)
Yes I don't understand why Claude code needs to be a terminal app.

It doesn't compose with any other command line program and the terminal interface is limiting.

I'm surprised nobody has yet made a coding assistant that runs in the browser or as a standalone app. At this point it doesn't really need to integrate with my text editor or IDE.

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Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by Wowfunhappy on Thursday February 12, 2026 @07:08AM (#46987753)
> It doesn't compose with any other command line program

For what it's worth, it absolutely can, just not when invoked in interactive mode.

(This doesn't really contradict your overall point though.)

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Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by troupo on Thursday February 12, 2026 @07:17AM (#46987864)
We could do complicated UIs in terminals in the 1990s.

Unfortunately, vibe coders cannot do that anymore.

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