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bluerooibos • today at 12:34 AM • 3 replies • view on HN

OpenChamber ftw! I'm surprised it's not more popular - so much nicer to use than the TUI.

I'm always confused when people at work show me their opencode or Claude code setup of 6 terminal windows open simultaneously with the same illegible walls of text. No idea how people still prefer that over a nice GUI.


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threecheese • today at 3:08 AM

Once you really know your keyboard, it's like an extension of your hands. You can fly through those six terminals, and moving your hand to grab a mouse means stopping whatever you were doing. That wall of text is all familiar to me - I see an UI full of empty space and wonder what I could have used it for.

Of course there are great reasons for using pointers also. I'd say this is mostly a preference, I'm sure you are extremely effective using your own methods. I have maybe two dozen terminals open atm, and I can tell you what each of them is for - but put a phone bill or a bank statement in front of me and it might as well be Greek.

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lifeisloving • today at 3:14 AM

At first glance it looks like an electron app, so thats probably a great reason not to use it. (But I could be wrong)

marton78 • today at 6:01 AM

I just use Zed and interface to agents via ACP. Works like a charm.