> When there is such a rich database of manual pages and q/a about these tools, I tend to blame the user rather than the tool when I hear it called "too complex".
Extensive documentation doesn't mean the interface is good. `tar` is probably one of the most documented commands of all time, but that hasn't stopped it from being the subject of an XKCD [0].
> Additionally, if you don't understand what the command is doing why are you about to execute it in your terminal?
I can look up what the LLM's generated, or assess it from looking at it. (Comprehension is not the same as production.)
In general, I can work without it, but I'm a lot happier with it: when I need to encode a video to x264 with an acceptable bitrate while burning in the embedded subtitles, downmixing to two audio channels, and boosting audio by 20%, I can just ask that, instead of looking at 7 SO/SE/man/wiki/random blog post tabs and synthesizing it myself. I can do that. It's not a good use of my time.
Extensive documentation doesn't mean the interface is good. `tar` is probably one of the most documented commands of all time, but that hasn't stopped it from being the subject of an XKCD [0].
> Additionally, if you don't understand what the command is doing why are you about to execute it in your terminal?
I can look up what the LLM's generated, or assess it from looking at it. (Comprehension is not the same as production.)
In general, I can work without it, but I'm a lot happier with it: when I need to encode a video to x264 with an acceptable bitrate while burning in the embedded subtitles, downmixing to two audio channels, and boosting audio by 20%, I can just ask that, instead of looking at 7 SO/SE/man/wiki/random blog post tabs and synthesizing it myself. I can do that. It's not a good use of my time.
[0]: https://xkcd.com/1168/