He mentions "bullshit" 19 times in the article. It's a shame he isn't able to describe why it is bullshit (apart from that he has to use it) or how we could make it any better.
The command line is an incredibly powerful tool, which allows us to very quickly combine components together in many more ways than use cases that could be considered by a GUI developer. This is why he's having to use a command line in the first place: no GUI developer has addressed his very specific use case, and nobody has figured out a better of doing these things in the general case than the command line.
It would be great if it were easy to learn. But short of any real workable suggestions, nothing is going to change.
In general, I understand the word "bullshit" to mean something that has been constructed to obstruct somebody in a way that isn't actually necessary. I don't see how that applies here. The command line is the only known way for him to achieve his goals. By definition, then, it cannot be bullshit.
The command line is an incredibly powerful tool, which allows us to very quickly combine components together in many more ways than use cases that could be considered by a GUI developer. This is why he's having to use a command line in the first place: no GUI developer has addressed his very specific use case, and nobody has figured out a better of doing these things in the general case than the command line.
It would be great if it were easy to learn. But short of any real workable suggestions, nothing is going to change.
In general, I understand the word "bullshit" to mean something that has been constructed to obstruct somebody in a way that isn't actually necessary. I don't see how that applies here. The command line is the only known way for him to achieve his goals. By definition, then, it cannot be bullshit.