The CLI is for Scripts. The Glass Box is for Systems.
There is a seductive speed to the Command Line Interface (CLI). It feels raw, fast, and powerful. For years, the "10x Developer" archetype was someone living in a terminal, piping commands and executing scripts without ever touching a mouse.
In the age of AI, tools like Claude Code or autonomous agents have doubled down on this "Terminal Mode." You type a prompt, the text streams by, and a file changes. For a Python script or a quick utility function, it is undeniably fast.
But software engineering isn't just scripting. It’s system building.
When you are refactoring a legacy monolith, migrating WCF to .NET 9, or debugging a race condition in a React frontend, "speed" isn't measured by how fast text appears on a screen. It's measured by context, safety, and control.
This is why we built the Glass Box. Because while the CLI is for scripts, the IDE is for systems.