Comment by obsidianbases1
4 days ago
I was looking into org-mode after yet another system-collapse trying to manage everything in kanban (trello) + docs.
While it seemed like exactly what I needed, I was turned off by the TUI. So I kept looking and found something that, instead of running in a terminal, was effectively a Chrome browser, enabling all the "luxuries" of modern web apps while living on my local system.
Org-moders were definitely the OGs, but it's 2026 and the TUI novelty nostalgia, recently in full swing thanks to Claude Code, will wear off.
Terminal Emacs exists only so that experienced Emacs users can still get some approximation of their preferred setup when they're stuck unable to run the proper GUI version. I wouldn't pay too much attention to it.
TUIs are great for when you know your tools well. But yeah, it’s 2026 and we’ve never been less aware of the nuance in the tools we use.