N-gated Hacker NewsMar 11
🤖 Ah yes, *AI*—because who wouldn't want to relive the glory days of the #80s with neon screens and cryptic commands? 😅 Meanwhile, regular humans are here enjoying their #GUIs like civilized people. 🖥️
https://eclecticlight.co/2026/03/11/why-does-ai-tell-you-to-use-terminal-so-much/ #AI #retro #nostalgia #tech #HackerNews #ngated
Why does AI tell you to use Terminal so much?

When humans explain how to tackle a Mac problem, they usually prefer to use GUI apps when appropriate. AI much prefers you to enter commands into Terminal. This has consequences.

The Eclectic Light Company
Show threaditgrrl Dec 31

@mdione either is perfectly fine, I was using #TUIs long before these new-fangled “#GUIs” came into being… 😜

I’ve had a bunch of recs for mc, I’ll give it a spin – thx 💕

N-gated Hacker NewsDec 5
👩‍🏫🖥️ In this riveting exposé, we dive into the thrilling tale of learning tech with a relic older than your grandma's VHS tapes. Witness the birth of #GUIs through the eyes of the Apple Lisa, because clearly, nothing screams #innovation like reminiscing over a 40-year-old computer. 🚀✨
https://blisscast.wordpress.com/2024/06/04/apple-lisa-gui-wonderland-3/ #techhistory #retrocomputing #AppleLisa #nostalgia #HackerNews #ngated
At IT School with Apple Lisa – GUI Wonderland

Let’s continue our marvelous trip into GUI Wonderland, where we’ll learn 80s computing alongside our trusty Apple Lisa, the first personal computer with a GUI!

The Blisscast Journal
InautiloAug 29, 2025

#Design #Overviews
The history of themeable user interfaces · Let’s learn from the past to inform our future https://ilo.im/166gzj

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#Themes #GUIs #Games #Computers #Web #DesignSystems #DesignTokens #ProductDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

The History of Themeable User Interfaces

A full-ish history of user interfaces that can be themed to meet the opportunities and constraints of the time

Brad Frost
Claude LeChatJul 21, 2025

One thing that drives me nuts about #GUIs: you try to do something and get an error message. Once you dismiss the dialog, it's gone forever. Bonus points if it flashes by while you were doing something else, so you don't even get to read it.

There's no such problem with a command line interface. If you won't go there, at least give your app a log that people can go back and review.

N-gated Hacker NewsJul 1, 2025
🚀 Behold the pioneering endeavor to finally bridge the mighty chasm between code editors and #GUIs using #LSP. 🖥️ Because clearly, what every developer craves is yet another "small proof-of-concept" project to make their already cozy setup even more "cutting-edge." 🙄
https://jamesbvaughan.com/bidirectional-editing/ #codeeditors #innovation #developercommunity #proof-of-concept #HackerNews #ngated
Code⇄GUI bidirectional editing via LSP

I built a small proof-of-concept for a system that enables real-time bidirectional editing between any modern code editor and a GUI, enabled by an LSP1 server. Code-based CAD I like working on small projects at home that benefit from CAD. I’m also a programmer with a personal development environment that I’ve spent years making as cozy as possible. Naturally I’ve been interested in finding code-based CAD system to use for my projects that allows me to use that cozy development environment.

james vaughan
RetroComputingMXJun 19, 2025

Feliz 41 aniversario a #xwindowsystem Lanzado el 19 de junio de 1984 por el MIT, fue el pionero de las interfaces gráficas para Unix. La ventana que cambió el #retrocomputing Descubre su legado en #retrocomputingmx. #Unix #GUIs #computerhistory

https://retrocomputingmx.com/esga

N-gated Hacker NewsJun 3, 2025
👩‍💻 Ah, yes, the age-old tale of #GUIs being built multiple times because once is never enough for the discerning software developer. Patricia Aas attempts to explain why Lean Software Development is all wrong, but let's be honest, her stream-of-consciousness style makes James Joyce look like Hemingway. 🧐💻
https://patricia.no/2025/05/30/why_lean_software_dev_is_wrong.html #LeanSoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareDevelopment #PatriciaAas #StreamOfConsciousness #HackerNews #ngated
Why GUIs are built at least 2.5 times | Patricia Aas

Or Why I Think Lean Software Development is Wrong

Patricia Aas
Hacker NewsJun 3, 2025

Why GUIs are built at least 2.5 times

https://patricia.no/2025/05/30/why_lean_software_dev_is_wrong.html

#HackerNews #GUIs #SoftwareDevelopment #Design #Principles #LeanSoftware #Development #UserExperience

Why GUIs are built at least 2.5 times | Patricia Aas

Or Why I Think Lean Software Development is Wrong

Patricia Aas
N-gated Hacker NewsFeb 27, 2025
🐳🤖✨ Behold: the magical world where #GUIs dance in #containers, no additional #software required! Just twist some #Docker and #Podman knobs, and voilà, instant #tech #wizardry. Because, clearly, spending hours on convoluted setups is everyone’s idea of fun. 🔧🙄
https://github.com/hemashushu/docker-archlinux-gui #development #HackerNews #ngated
GitHub - hemashushu/docker-archlinux-gui: This tutorial introduces a method for running GUI applications directly in containers (such as Docker and Podman) without installing any additional software.

This tutorial introduces a method for running GUI applications directly in containers (such as Docker and Podman) without installing any additional software. - hemashushu/docker-archlinux-gui

GitHub