September 21, 2026
The terminal will outlast the AI-agent wave: Armin Ronacher bets on an interface from the 70s
The command line is half a century old, and Flask creator Armin Ronacher would not be surprised if it remains agents' main window longer than anyone expects.
Armin Ronacher ⇌
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I would not be surprised if the terminal outlives us all with coding agents and programmers for longer than we think. After all, these things have been with us since the 70s.
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The command line is half a century old, and Flask creator Armin Ronacher would not be surprised if it remains agents' main window longer than anyone expects.
If the bet is right, the next agents will arrive in the same window where programmers worked in the 70s.
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