uv + PEP723 make this even better.

It is, everywhere I need it. Never had to change a single line across the various OS/Terms I used. Can't say the same for web apps or even so-called cross-platform GUIs. Been there, done that.

> It's not - most terminals are ridiculously slow, and each TUI framework requires its own hacks to do partial "repaints" using ANSI escapes, because clearing and redrawing the entire screen (yes, just a screen of monospace text!) is unworkable.

I don't care about these details. I care about the app feeling snappy and responsive. It sure does. Again, I wish it was the case for GUIs.

> With no ergonomic way to build a menu bar, display hints/tooltips, or even support modified keyboard shortcuts well across platforms? I don’t think it is.

Discoverable as in "you can start the app and figure it out along the way without prior documentation reading". And we do have hints, menus and what not. Trying to nitpick ?

> Extraordinarily insecure, in other words.

Are you implying the app running from my ssh session is more exposed than a web app or a API endpoint for a GUI app ?

Like all things, TUI is not a panacea and has its place.

Absolutely not.

No, I don't think I will :)

It's great for admin tools, alongside CLIs.

It's portable, it's fast, it's discoverable, it has zero bullshit effects, it's as secure as my shell, it's efficient.

And what is this point about agents making it easy to generate GUIs ? They are equally good (if not better) at generating TUIs using any of the great frameworks for this.

Hosting is not free.

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You get used to it, and eventually you stop caring. Too bad for them if they’re more interested in the process than in the work itself.

> This is very different from Python, where training data is polluted (I presume) with tons of code written by non-software engineers and demonstrating many different ways of doing the same thing.

Counter-example: agents with Django-related stuff. Excellent output.

Hobby scale you said ? It doesn't have to be that complicated.

Which is... perfectly normal for non-trivial needs.

> I ended the project with having some proper aggregates, only for that to be thrown out of the window by the guy after me.

How is that a Django problem though ? Sounds like a skill issue on your successor.

I get what you say, there's plenty of debates about ActiveRecord vs. AnythingElse, but in the end this one has its use and obviously has served many of us just fine. Different strokes... you know the drill.