[murukesh_s]

> Recently I stumbled upon Steve Jobs's presentation of Next computers and the initial UIkit. Jobs himself programmed without writing a single line of code, only using the built in interface builder. This was in the 80s, now the year is 2017 and we are still trying to remember the parameters for tar to extract files :)

I watch it regularly. Every time I see even seasoned developers takes weeks or even months for building even a simple application, whether it's frontend or backend, I wonder if we developers have a subconscious bias towards tougher way of building things instead of a much easier way. Visual basic comes into my mind. Visual basic is probably inspired by interface builder and had similar rapid development features. Where/when have we lost it?

> Frankly the future of terminals should look like Python Notebooks such as Jupyter.

I second that. A terminal should ultimately do it's purpose. Not mimic a 1950's thin client terminal with 80x25 resolution and dark colors (Nothing against dark theme, just saying). A user whether a normal user or power user or even a developer shouldn't be bothered with remembering the exact parameter or it's structure. It should be completely scriptable, but it need not appear like existing terminals.

[sametmax]

> I wonder if we developers have a subconscious bias towards tougher way of building things instead of a much easier way.

That and the fact you we don't know everything that's possible and stick to what we know.

But, there is another side of the story: reusability is hard, plus similarity and equality are very different things. Generalizing a problem can be more or less productive depending of your situation. Also learning how to use something and bend it to your needs can be an mistake too on the long run.

Mix complexity, money, human factors in that and you get the average IT project.

Which is still awesome if you ask me. Current softwares have many warts, but they are so freaking amazing.