Are Terminal Multiplexers a Fad?
Are Terminal Multiplexers a Fad?

Despite their questionable utility, terminal multiplexers have skyrocketed to fame in the tech world over the last decade.

Are Terminal Multiplexers a Fad?
Despite their questionable utility, terminal multiplexers have skyrocketed to fame in the tech world over the last decade.
If you look at the numbers, the % growth in terminal multiplexers in the last hundred years has been absolutely staggering. Way more than just a fad!
(I love tmux)
where do you get those numbers, boss?
Or, more importantly: does it matter?
Ummm... Do people not realize this is satire? 😅
It's very poorly done
Satire or not, it's still correct lol. Terminals and terminal emulation need to be destroyed. Modern systems with graphics and windowing systems are not VT100s and that's a good thing.
Or maybe terminal emulation needs to be brought up to speed with modern computing. New terminal specs and all that.
Nothing is better for remote computing and administration than a terminal. It's far too data data dense for anything to be competitive.
Nothing is better for quick and easy iteration of programming ideas than a quick text output in a terminal.
It doesn't need to be destroyed, it needs some iteration. It's an old technology with a lot of cruft.
"is containerization a fad?"
"Is ssh a fad?"
Looks like you sshd into my working titles