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> because metrics could come as CSVs, JSON or any other format in a terminal

You're missing the point, it's about graphs humans can look at and gain understanding. A bunch of floating point numbers in a table are never going to give that capability.

This is just one example where a UI outshines a CLI, it's not the only one. There are limitations to what you can do in a terminal, especially if you consider ease of development



If humans are processing the output, I agree with you.

But for an AI (or a script running commands), a bunch of floating point numbers in a table will get you more reliability and better results.


This thread had dropped the AI context up to this point and instead focussed on why CLIs have lost popularity and preference with humans.




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