[fieldcny]

The sad thing is this is going to be to the detriment of those trying to learn, we are going to wind up with a new glass ceeling, programmers that can code without these tools and programmers that are reliant on them.

The latter will have very short careers (dangerous prediction, I know)

[root_axis]

The same was said about developers relying on search engines, now google-fu is generally considered an essential skillet for the modern programmer.

[add-sub-mul-div]

Analogous to this, I'm already seeing a new generation that doesn't know how to (and has no curiosity to learn to) get around a server or know what's going on in one because all they know how to do is run a container.

[grepfru_it]

I, too, remember when Mac and windows came out and an entire generation would never use Unix because all they know is point and click.

[DiscourseFan]

Doing everything from a terminal is cool and all and makes me feel like a hacker or something, but it's far easier to just click around tbh, and then have the option of using the terminal if I want to.

[root_axis]

Of course it's easier, that's why it's the most popular form of computer interface, however what it gains in ease of use it sacrifices in efficiency and precision. Conversely, a CLI is completely opaque to the uninitiated, but it is far more efficient than clicking around an arbitrary sequence of windows/tabs/menus.

[grepfru_it]

To be fair in the early days of NT4 and part of NT5, there was very limited cli support. Especially for management of features such as Active Directory