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Building a command-line interface is almost always a good idea; building a terminal UI almost never is
Drawn from what Thomas Ptacek said
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Security engineer; founder of Matasano Security and Latacora
CLIs have purposes for which they’re irreplaceable. Building a CLI is almost always a good idea. Building a TUI almost never is.
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