[aib]

Most input is text, most output is text, commands are text. Vast majority of programming languages can process and produce text out-of-the-box. There are countless utilities for processing text. You can store, load, split and join text easily. Send and receive it through most channels.

When everything is text, text files become libraries. Text editors become macro processors.

[codyvoda]

yep if you can think in the terminal (scripts, files, pipes) you can automate anything

+ the minimalism in the age of ad-les enshittification is refreshing