The terminal is no longer a fallback interface for developers who refuse to move on. It is the main stage. AI coding agents run there, generate files there, commit code there. The graphical IDE still has a role, but the terminal is where most AI-assisted development actually happens now, in a black rectangle with a blinking cursor.
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