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Your Terminal Is Burning Battery Like It's Mining Bitcoin
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The MacBook Air M3 experienced significant battery drain while using the terminal, dropping to 15% after two hours of coding. Activity Monitor revealed that the Ghostty application was responsible for an energy consumption of 3,600 over the last 12 hours.
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- Praise: Kitty terminal is praised for its ability to enhance user interface while consuming minimal resources, showcasing how efficient design can improve user experience.
- Praise: Vibe coding is celebrated for its creativity, indicating a positive view on innovative approaches in terminal applications despite performance concerns.
- Concern: Using React to render terminal applications at 60FPS is criticized for being inefficient, suggesting that modern frameworks may not be suitable for all use cases.
- Concern: The reliance on JavaScript for terminal rendering is seen as a regression, highlighting concerns about performance and efficiency in contemporary software design.
- Concern: The trend of using verbose, LLM-generated prose is viewed negatively, indicating a growing frustration with the quality of AI-generated content.