Stop Making TUIs

Re:Stop Making TUIs by yeodev on Saturday August 22, 2026 @04:39AM (#49397811)

I think OP is missing the point of TUIs: They kinda work everywhere. While I need to fuck around with a operation systems native UI libraries like WinUI, SwiftUI, GTK, etc. I can just build an app in the terminal and be fine with it running on almost all platforms.

I'd take TUI apps over electron apps everytime as long as the UX is good.

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Re:Stop Making TUIs by lo0dot0 on Saturday August 22, 2026 @08:52AM (#49399230)

No. TUIs do not work everywhere. They can break because of terminfo which I really don't want to deal with. I hate wasting time on such configuration issues.

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Re:Stop Making TUIs by migueldeicaza on Saturday August 22, 2026 @09:26AM (#49399555)

Possible, but rare in practice.

Nowadays, you are more likely going to struggle with plugging your laptop into a 320Volt outlet than have a terminfo problem.

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