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0 pointsdaliusd2y ago0 comments

I am cli/vim guy - that’s my daily tools. Starship is very stable and it is useful for me. The only problem I have experienced is with custom extension I wrote myself (problem was slowness not stability).

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usrbinbash2y ago

That's all well and good, but has nothing to do with my argument.

If you need to invoke a program for every prompt, when the alternative is to just let the shell do it's thing, it's no longer "minimal", period.

daliusdOP2y ago

Well, we are arguing about semantics. You say that minimal means that it must be functionally minimal. I say that minimal UX is valid meaning as well.

usrbinbash2y ago

> Well, we are arguing about semantics.

No, we are not. "minimal" has a defined meaning, and "minimal" and "minimalism" as a design philosophy are not the same.

sevg2y ago

To use your own argument against you, no, a minimal prompt does not look like this:

It looks like this:

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usrbinbash2y ago

That's all well and good, but has nothing to do with my argument.

If you need to invoke a program for every prompt, when the alternative is to just let the shell do it's thing, it's no longer "minimal", period.

daliusdOP2y ago

Well, we are arguing about semantics. You say that minimal means that it must be functionally minimal. I say that minimal UX is valid meaning as well.

usrbinbash2y ago

> Well, we are arguing about semantics.

No, we are not. "minimal" has a defined meaning, and "minimal" and "minimalism" as a design philosophy are not the same.

sevg2y ago

To use your own argument against you, no, a minimal prompt does not look like this:

It looks like this:

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