At some point we need to start preferring GUIs instead of terminals as the AI st...

troupo · 2026-02-12T12:17:56 1770898676

We could do complicated UIs in terminals in the 1990s.

Unfortunately, vibe coders cannot do that anymore.

bibabaloo · 2026-02-12T05:50:06 1770875406

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.

Wowfunhappy · 2026-02-12T12:08:04 1770898084

> 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.)

metaltyphoon · 2026-02-12T03:17:49 1770866269

Please for the love of God no. I rather have something completely agnostic of an IDE. OpenCode is doing the right thing IMO

cmrdporcupine · 2026-02-12T10:35:19 1770892519

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.)