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So you can deploy at a moment's notice. Why run a command instead of hitting a key combo? Or even deploy as soon as tests pass?

Software should allow that. Especially software for writing other software.

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Or just run a command with a key combo. Or setup your test script to run a command afterwards. This is what every IDE is doing in the background.

Then we tell the new upcoming developer that the hard part is setting up your tools. How long will this take? He asks. Oh, you answer: This will take decades! It's a wild, every man for himself kind of ride. You build a battle-royal out of abandon-ware plugins that each almost do what you want until your powerlevel finally rises to the point you just delete everything and use the terminal. The terminal is an emulator that mimics a physical device from 1941 you see, as its a physical device, there are no ever-tinkering developers bloating or [indeed] sunsetting your tools. You will finally be left alone, still in the dark but you get a cursor that no one can take away from you.

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