[obsidianbases1]

I was looking into org-mode after yet another system-collapse trying to manage everything in kanban (trello) + docs.

While it seemed like exactly what I needed, I was turned off by the TUI. So I kept looking and found something that, instead of running in a terminal, was effectively a Chrome browser, enabling all the "luxuries" of modern web apps while living on my local system.

Org-moders were definitely the OGs, but it's 2026 and the TUI novelty nostalgia, recently in full swing thanks to Claude Code, will wear off.

[tom_]

Terminal Emacs exists only so that experienced Emacs users can still get some approximation of their preferred setup when they're stuck unable to run the proper GUI version. I wouldn't pay too much attention to it.

[appplication]

TUIs are great for when you know your tools well. But yeah, it’s 2026 and we’ve never been less aware of the nuance in the tools we use.