[WinterMount223]

What’s wrong with psql? Those seem like clutches for the Real Thing which you must understand anyway.

[mike_pol]

Whilst I agree with you for writing queries, the gui tools provide some nice tools. I haven’t used postico but I regularly use sequel pro and the ease to write a query and export results via csv that non technical people might need is a great feature. I’m sure there is a way to do it in command line but for me I find it a lot easier as I’m not a db admin.

Also gui tools are really useful for visualising content in tables with a lot of columns.

[jbverschoor]

Sure… go write your next application in assembler using line edit

[yu-carm-kror]

I don’t think the analogy is correct. One is an abstraction to remove low level commands and the other is a GUI that applies the same commands.

[RunawayGalaxy]

It's all abstractions provided via interfaces, whether programmatic or graphical.