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by kjeetgill 2845 days ago
I'm a basic bash and vim kinda cat too. Even then, I vastly prefer things in the browser for these 'flavor-of-the-week' type apps than many of the alternatives like:

  $ curl shady-url.com | bash, or
  $ tar xzf $(curl -O shady_url); make install, or
  $ npm install some-shady-package
  $ whatever other ruby/python/gem/egg/cmake/pathogen/etc.
  $ brew install cask github/shady-business
  $ docker pull ubunut+apt-get+myapp+postgres
Or hey, click this and forget about it in an hour. Ah. so much better.
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While these web-app things may be nice for quickly trying out these programs, for actual long-term use on my machine and workflow besides all of the other programs, they don't stand up to the test unless they are truly revolutionary and needed.