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It's crazy that there's so much extra cruft when it comes to crafting web interfaces when a CLI is most often the most powerful and easiest way to get a job done. Am I just taking crazy pills?

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You’re not talking crazy pills, but the article is about CSS. That’s like saying, “I don’t understand why we have websites at all.” A very small subset of people know how to use a CLI. We’re talking about building visual interfaces for common consumption. Not tools only developers understand how to use :)

How do you write a CLI tool for viewing a photo album? Would Netflex be better suited as a CLI-only interface?

imv *jpg :)

Did you post this from a CLI?

The real crazy thing is that Delphi/VB got UIs right in the 90s and the JS folks keep reinventing everything.

What are examples of successful Delphi/VB UIs?

Did it, though? I don't think I've used a Delphi/VB-based application like... ever? I've made some myself back in the day and fiddled around with my friend's university assigments, but I can't think of any real world application using it. Maybe you have some examples?

I loved that era and it was great, but it didn’t handle resizing to fit different screen sizes well at all.

I’m still holding out for a similar interface builder that can handle responsive design.

Layout managers handle window resizing, which heavily overlap. Started using them in the 90s.

You know there may be a market out there for no code ui editors. At least for admin like uis. One that gets it right.

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