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WHY TUIS ARE BACK

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Summary from the TLDR Dev newsletter

Native GUI development across Windows, Linux, and macOS has become fragmented and inconsistent, leading to the widespread adoption of Electron apps that often lack essential keyboard-driven workflows. Terminal User Interfaces (TUIs) are experiencing a resurgence as fast, automatable, and consistently functional alternatives that transcend these operating system-specific limitations, though AI is allowing native desktop apps to also make a comeback as they get better at developing them.