@Yuchenj_UW: I haven’t touched Claude Code or Codex CLI in a while. The terminal era is over imo. It's the wrong interface for codin…
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A researcher argues that terminal-based coding agents like Claude Code and Codex CLI are the wrong interface, claiming tabs are ephemeral while agent context is persistent, and that Codex's desktop app currently offers the best agentic UI.
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I haven’t touched Claude Code or Codex CLI in a while.
The terminal era is over imo. It’s the wrong interface for coding agents. Tabs are ephemeral, but context is persistent, and managing 30 tabs is pure cognitive overhead.
I don’t really need an IDE like Cursor either. I rarely navigate the whole codebase anymore.
The new primitive is the agent, not the file.
(Codex desktop app is the best agentic UI for now. But we’re still early.)
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