[oli-g]

> It's for people who want to point and click, can't do a bash for/while loop, don't understand pipe chaining commands, and don't like using vim

"Instagram filters are for people who don't know how to work with Photoshop layers, don't understand basic color blending operations, and who just want to swipe."

I mean, yes.

[distcs]

I have no problem viewing pictures shared by those who don't understand basic color blending and just want to swipe.

But I may have a problem with people who can't do a bash for/while loop or understand pipe chaining commands be responsible for administrating my company servers.

I don't see how the comparison between adminstrating servers and sharing pictures on social media is a useful comparison.

[addicted]

I don’t understand why you think the fact that someone may choose to point and click to do something, a task which depending on the UI can be completely mindless and yet significantly safer eliminating any chance of making a mistake (by throwing in a typo for instance), does not know what a bash for/while loop is?

I suspect most people here used the HN web interface to post their comments, even though constructing an HTPP request to send to HN using curl to post your comment wouldn’t be significantly harder. The fact that they used the point and click HM Web UI doesn’t mean they’re incapable of constructing such a request where it actually is needed.

[shortrounddev2]

What if they CAN do a bash for/while loop, but they prefer not to because bash is the ugliest effing language they've ever seen

[rafaelmn]

Your comparison implies that the web UI is faster than SSH once you know these tools ?

You could have godlike Photoshop skills and it will take orders of magnitude more effort to get results. With SSH and shell scripts you'll likely be faster than the web UI once you're skilled enough. And it's easy to automate.