[JoshTriplett]

> In one side, a CLI offers a "better" way of using the product (as with a library it's easier to misuse something)

A CLI provides a better interactive interface, but a terrible programmatic interface.

[raverbashing]

Yes, it is awful in the programmatic sense, I don't want to assemble command lines by hand or parse error messages

It is nice in the conceptual sense, because it usually fits the common use cases