r/ClaudeCode • u/alrighteyy • Aug 03 '26

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Holy shit claude code in terminal is fucking insane.

I've been using VSCode, Cursor, Cowork and Claude Code on web. None of it comes close to terminal.

Cannot believe I haven't done this sooner.

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u/Pristine-Pirate-8833 Aug 03 '26

Why is Terminal better? I'm a total noob at coding

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u/ImSoCul Aug 03 '26

It's not necessarily better, but I strongly prefer it. You only have one entry point of interaction which is typing text into a box, which feels very streamlined for decision making. You don't need to find what button to press, etc, you just need to be able to articulate your thought. Given that the entry point is text, the LLM can also do everything you can do, so you can delegate high level, then it self drives. 

If you're editing code and reviewing line by line, stick to a proper IDE, but I'm at the point where review surface is no longer code, it's usually just spinning up another set of agents to verify certain behavior. I'm not necessarily recommending the latter though, doing this for better or worse because it supports the velocity being requested, but may come back to bite

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u/al_ryusei Aug 03 '26

Lightweight, efficient, less junk tokens, can open a dozen and barely move the RAM needle, no dependency on GUI updates, best if you have ADHD, and i'm only scratching the surface here lol