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    [–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Generally I would agree that anything can be made with a GUI with enough investment. But the point where diminishing returns don't give enough return on GUI investment are reached much sooner than a scriptable shell environment where a power user can extend it in ways that would only make sense for that power user or a very small number of users.

    [–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago

    Oh! I’m in no way discussing the viability or economy of it. Of course in a lot of cases, creating a batch process, for example, may be the better choice. And I would also say that in some cases, using a CLI may be way more efficient that creating a GUI for something.

    My statement is just that it can be done. Nothing more.

    And in some cases, it’s not even that hard, it’s just that maybe people are used to do things using terminal. Or there may be other reasons. Who knows? But I would like for programmers to, at least, consider the option in some cases. You may be surprised at the things that can be achieved with a good GUI, and how it helps less tech-savvy users.