"Well, it goes all the way back to the '80s when I convinced my parents to purchase a ZX Spectrum 48K+, which was a large purchase in those days. It was a computer you could play games on, but you could also tinker with it. You could write BASIC and create little, very, very simple games, simple animations and things."
"Whoever tells kids they don't use PCs except for gaming should let them do that, because games are pretty complex stuff, and if they start writing that as well, it's essential. The interaction with CLI tools can be more user friendly than the classical one [02:12] But somewhere down the line, you stopped playing games. You started tinkering with some other stuff, still visually appealing, but a whole different thing, and that's TUI, or textual user interfaces,"
A ZX Spectrum 48K+ introduced hands-on programming through BASIC, simple games, and animations, which sparked a lasting interest in computing. Game creation provided a practical path to learning programming skills and experimentation. Allowing children to engage with games can foster technical curiosity and coding practice. Interest evolved from graphical games to text-based interfaces, prompting work on terminal-focused tools. Two related projects emerged in the same space: a textual user interface (TUI) toolkit and a command-line interface (CLI) framework. Those tools aim to improve usability and approachability of terminal interactions.
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