Comment by kai-tub
1 year ago
Author here: Yeah, I agree.
It is a bit weird. On the one hand, I understand that it makes sense to have [command] [verb] [object] on a "logical" level and that viewing logs should be a separate command (`journalctl`), but it is definitely not ergonomic. Especially if you frequently have to switch between start/stop/restart.
> As a very occasional linux sysadmin just trying to make things work, the "typing at a console" systemd interfaces are not fun to work with. Maybe nobody should be doing that. In an enterprise, sure that's different. I think interfaces should be human, and linux should still be fun.
This was precisely the case for me. I "enjoy" playing around with systemd and am super interested in better understanding it, but the feedback loop just felt sooo slow. So hopefully this TUI can make it "fun" again :)
When I'm really working with a service and get tired of typing sudo systemctl restart or status all the time, I'll just do a quick alias or two right then and there.
alias s=sudo systemctl status alias r=sudo systemctl restart
And if I'm only working with one service, I'll throw the service name in there too.