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Can anyone explain why command line tools moved away from the "silence is golden" paradigm? This toot inspired by Python's "black", which prints boldface, colour, sparkles, and a cake emoji when things go well.
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Tekniquelly correct 2y ago

nostr:npub148lkgku0ar2ptdqj7m3d2n8dkmjggh4u6wvek5dsn4s37zlz39csq9a5v7 1. I'm with you!

2. I wonder if it's because a lot of them run in CI/CD now, such that it's painting logfiles with a wall of sparkles but not so often a console?

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athas 2y ago

nostr:npub1aka6wf78hfaqpz060r246dq80lmtjx6uf7wapct4ljluyfx956hszmzzz2 But that's even worse! You only read those logs when things go wrong, and it's much harder to find pertinent information when the output is a complete fruit salad. The kids are not alright on this one.