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Back To The Prompt Future

Back To The Prompt Future
The evolution of command-line interfaces is a beautiful tragedy. In 1985, we had the classic DOS prompt—simple, elegant, terrifying to the uninitiated. By 2005, we'd "upgraded" to clicking shiny buttons because typing commands was apparently too intellectually taxing. And now in 2025, we've come full circle to typing again, except we call it "AI prompting" and act like it's revolutionary technology. Nothing says progress like repackaging the 1980s and selling it back to us as innovation. The command line never died; it just got better marketing.

The Great Editor War: DOS User Has Entered The Chat

The Great Editor War: DOS User Has Entered The Chat
The GREAT EDITOR WAR rages on with Vim and Emacs users acting like they're in some kind of text editor street gang, flashing their keyboard shortcuts like gang signs! Meanwhile, the DOS_USER at the bottom is just standing there, absolutely BAFFLED that people would wage holy war over text editors when they're still typing commands like "edit.com" in a command prompt from the STONE AGE! 💀 It's like watching two people argue about the best way to climb Mount Everest while you're still figuring out how stairs work. THE DRAMA! THE TRAGEDY! The sheer AUDACITY of still using DOS in 2023!

Spaces In Filenames: The Eternal Terror

Spaces In Filenames: The Eternal Terror
Remember when spaces in filenames were basically forbidden by the laws of computing physics? Those of us who survived the DOS/early Windows era still twitch nervously at the thought. Nothing like typing cd My Documents only to have the terminal smugly respond with The system cannot find the path specified . Then you'd have to do that awkward cd "My Documents" or worse, cd My\ Documents like some command line contortionist. The trauma runs deep enough that even in 2025, we're still reaching for that underscore key like it's a security blanket. final_report_ACTUAL_v2_FINAL_REALLY_THIS_TIME.docx just feels safer somehow.