This month I’m going back to programming for a while. I need a rest from the weirdness on the Talkback discussion in last month’s column. I do intend to write more about theory issues in the future, ...

In the digital world, the user interface is the medium of communication. It is the surface at which humans interact with the functionalities provided by machines—whether hardware or software. As such, ...

Some Raspberry Pi projects aren't paired with a display and input accessories (a.ka. operating headless), and for good reason. First, the more peripherals you connect to the Pi, the more current it ...

OpenCode is designed as a terminal-based AI coding agent, offering a Text User Interface (TUI) that prioritizes clarity and ease of use. Recent updates to the TUI have introduced smoother animations ...

Sure, it may be hard, but it is possible to give up graphical interfaces entirely—even in 2019. About three years back, I attempted to live entirely on the command line for 30 days—no graphical ...

It’s not often that a new Microsoft product attracts attention from Mac and Linux users, especially not a command-line tool. But the company’s Edit app targets the ever-popular text editor market, ...

The days when people only pulled up websites on a desktop are so long gone they’re hard to remember. Getting online through smartphones and tablets is so commonplace today that it’s no surprise mobile ...

Editor's take: Back in the DOS days, real PC users wrote their textual tomes in the official MS-DOS Editor – I certainly did. These days, developers offer a confusing array of text editors, so ...

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