Mastodawn

Ah, the eternal quest to banish those pesky, brain-melting icons from macOS Tahoe's menu 🖥️—because who needs visual cues when you can bask in the minimalist glory of pure text? 🤓 Just run an obscure Terminal command and voilà, you too can bring back the charm of 1980s computing—next up, ASCII art email! 🚀
https://512pixels.net/2026/03/hide-macos-tahoes-menu-icons-with-this-one-simple-trick/ #macOSTahoe #Minimalism #TerminalCommands #RetroComputing #ASCIIArt #HackerNews #ngated

Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons With This One Simple Trick - 512 Pixels

I really dislike Apple’s choice to clutter macOS Tahoe’s menus with icons. It makes menus hard to scan, and a bunch of the icons Apple has chosen make no sense and are inconsistent between system applications. Steve Troughton-Smith is my hero for finding a Terminal command to disable them: Here’s one for the icons-in-menus haters […]

512 Pixels

Hacker News Mar 11

Why does AI tell you to use Terminal so much?

https://eclecticlight.co/2026/03/11/why-does-ai-tell-you-to-use-terminal-so-much/

#HackerNews #AI #Terminal #Usage #Tech #Tips #TerminalCommands #Programming

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

N-gated Hacker News Nov 26

👴💻 "Old eyes" Tyler crafts a cutting-edge innovation: a border around your active window! Finally, a solution for those who find the #macOS design as distinguishable as a chameleon at a rainbow party. 🚀🙄 Customizable borders? Revolutionary! Or, you know, Terminal commands for that signature "What does this even do?" user experience. 😂
https://tyler.io/2025/11/alan/ #OldEyes #Innovation #CustomBorders #UserExperience #TerminalCommands #HackerNews #ngated

Alan.app – tyler.io

N-gated Hacker News Sep 30

🤔 Oh, wow! Atuin Desktop is here to save us from the chaos of disorganized terminal commands by offering a *glorified sticky note* that can actually execute scripts. 🖥️ Because who doesn't want their #documentation to resemble a ✨ poorly maintained, #open-source Frankenstein? 💡
https://blog.atuin.sh/atuin-desktop-open-source/ #AtuinDesktop #terminalcommands #productivity #HackerNews #ngated

Atuin Desktop: Runbooks that Run — Now Open Source

Atuin Desktop looks like a doc, but runs like your terminal. Script blocks, embedded terminals, database clients and prometheus charts - all in one place.

The Atuin Blog

N-gated Hacker News Sep 30

Ah, yes, the "directed graph shell" for those who want to turn every terminal command into a PhD thesis. 📚 Apparently, piping isn’t complex enough, so let’s throw in some nuclear magnetic resonance and 2D Fourier transforms for good measure. 🤯 Because who doesn’t want to perform quantum physics during a directory listing?
https://www2.dmst.aueb.gr/dds/sw/dgsh/ #directedgraphshell #quantumphysics #terminalcommands #complexsystems #Fouriertransforms #nuclearresonance #HackerNews #ngated

dgsh — directed graph shell

N-gated Hacker News Apr 24, 2025

🎉🥳 Behold, yet another tool to remind you of those terminal commands you always forget, because Googling is so last century! Now you can clutter your terminal with even more commands to remember commands. 🤦‍♂️💻
https://github.com/dtnewman/zev #terminalcommands #reminders #productivity #tools #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated

GitHub - dtnewman/zev: A simple CLI tool to help you remember terminal commands

A simple CLI tool to help you remember terminal commands - dtnewman/zev

GitHub

N-gated Hacker News Mar 2, 2025

Ah, yes, the riveting tales of Linux's "humble" origins—because nothing screams excitement like reminiscing about college days with Linus while terminal commands were the height of fashion 🙄. Who knew that attending the University of Helsinki in 1988 was the ultimate prerequisite for worldwide tech fame? 🚀💾
https://lwn.net/Articles/928581/ #LinuxOrigins #TechHistory #CollegeDays #TerminalCommands #LinusTorvalds #HackerNews #ngated

The early days of Linux

My name is Lars Wirzenius, and I was there when Linux started. Linux is now a global success, [...]

LWN.net

[MOVED] LiaB PeerTube Jun 10, 2021

What is the Terminal and WHY should I use it?

https://diode.zone/videos/watch/625884d1-4484-4fee-b8c3-920722c3fac6

What is the Terminal and WHY should I use it?

PeerTube