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GeneralRe: Recent study estimates that 50% of websites using WebAssembly apply it for malicious purposes Pin
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NewsSupercomputer analyzes web traffic across entire internet Pin
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NewsAsynchronous communication: the real reason remote workers are more productive Pin
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NewsMost system administrators prefer firewall GUIs over CLIs Pin
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Sander Rossel28-Oct-19 21:57
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I think people who are all about "CLi iS sO MuCh FaSteR" have their heads up in their stuck up arse.
What's easier, opening a GUI and seeing more or less intuitively what you have to do or open up a CLI remember you don't know what to do so you look up the documentation then you have to read said documentation and then hope your exact command does what it's supposed to do?
Exactly, the GUI.
CLI may be faster if you do it daily (so you can memorize the exact commands), or for some jobs, and sometimes it's the only option like when you're automating things, but overall a GUI is easier, more intuitive and less error prone.

Some programmers are all about the Git CLI.
I can't even imagine how I'd review my changes to numerous files in a single flat text window.
Or how I'd figure out which branches were merged and when, which is really just a quick glance in a GUI.
I know it's possible, just not easy or intuitive.
They don't say "an image is worth a 1000 words" for nothing.
So why the heck do people still use these CLI tools over a clear GUI?
I think it's kind of the IT way of showing dominance over "those stupid GUI users."
Well, I think it's the other way around.
It's 2019, we shouldn't be all stuck up over some CLI, we should be wondering why there's no good GUI available (there is for Git, by the way).

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NewsHere’s why Ubuntu Linux 19.10 feels insanely fast and responsive Pin
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NewsDeepCode taps AI for code reviews Pin
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NewsMicrosoft: New Windows Terminal update gives you better tabs plus these features Pin
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