--- title: I'm done with terminals | daily.dev description: A developer known for building T3 Code argues that terminals are no longer the ideal interface for AI-assisted coding, describing his personal shift from... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-done-with-terminals-djmux34ih twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I'm done with terminals | daily.dev og:description: A developer known for building T3 Code argues that terminals are no longer the ideal interface for AI-assisted coding, describing his personal shift from... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-done-with-terminals-djmux34ih og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/djmUx34IH.png og:image:alt: I'm done with terminals og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I'm done with terminals **[Theo - t3․gg](https://daily.dev/sources/t3dotgg)** · 31 min read · 7 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary A developer known for building T3 Code argues that terminals are no longer the ideal interface for AI-assisted coding, describing his personal shift from tmux-based terminal workflows to graphical agent management tools like the Codex app and his own open-source project, T3 Code. He recounts frustrations with SSH reliability, mobile coding, and juggling multiple AI coding sessions across terminals, and explains how switching to a GUI-based, remote-controllable agent manager increased his shipped PRs from a few per week to as many as 20 per day. The piece also covers the backstory of building T3 Code with a co-founder who never used terminals, and pitches new features like tailscale pairing and mobile/web remote control. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why would someone stop using tmux and SSH for running Claude Code and Codex agents? Managing many concurrent AI coding agents across tmux panes and SSH sessions creates heavy mental overhead: tracking which hotkey maps to which project, losing sessions after reboots, and dealing with SSH instability (dropped connections, sticky keys on unreliable Wi-Fi). A graphical interface with named projects, clickable threads, image pasting, and persistent remote sessions removes that overhead, especially once running more than two or three agents at once. _Developers weighing terminal versus GUI agent workflows can compare real experiences like this on daily.dev._ ### Can Claude Code and Codex be used through a third-party open-source GUI instead of their official terminal or desktop apps? Yes, T3 Code is an open-source graphical interface that runs Claude Code and Codex through their official agent SDKs (not unofficial hacks), letting a single subscription to either provider be used inside one unified app with work trees, image pasting, and remote or mobile control, including the ability to close a laptop and keep an agent running on another machine. _Anyone deciding between agent CLIs and GUIs can track tools like this shaping AI coding workflows on daily.dev._ ### How can I keep an AI coding agent running after closing my laptop or losing internet connection? Running the agent on a separate machine you control remotely, rather than locally over SSH, avoids the problem entirely: closing the laptop or losing Wi-Fi no longer kills the task. T3 Code enables this by exposing a websocket-based remote control layer, plus a mobile app and commands like npx t3 connect, so a task started on one machine keeps running and can be checked or continued from a phone or another computer. _Developers hitting dropped agent sessions on flaky connections can follow workflow fixes like this on daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@confidentcoding** · 1 upvotes > Same here. I've been using these really cool applications that let you see the code AND talk to an agent _at the same time!_ It's a real trip to see the agent at work and be able to verify it's outputs all in the same window. I've been referring to them as these sort of "integrated development environments". I am sure they're going to be hugely popular! **@raihan\_js** · 0 upvotes > is it because it brings a lot to the table unnecessarily? ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Terminal agents are replacing VS Code as the center of my development workflow](https://daily.dev/posts/terminal-agents-are-replacing-vs-code-as-the-center-of-my-development-workflow-j86tlcmvn) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [The IDE Is Losing to the Terminal — Coding Agents Made the Difference](https://daily.dev/posts/the-ide-is-losing-to-the-terminal-coding-agents-made-the-difference-4wqtpmdct) · Medium · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [A deep dive into T3 Code](https://daily.dev/posts/a-deep-dive-into-t3-code-6h6lkupwc) · Flavio Copes · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#claude-code](https://daily.dev/tags/claude-code), [#vibe-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/vibe-coding), [#openai-codex](https://daily.dev/tags/openai-codex) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-done-with-terminals-djmux34ih) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I'm done with terminals","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-done-with-terminals-djmux34ih","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-done-with-terminals-djmux34ih"},"datePublished":"2026-08-17T22:30:14.915Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T08:37:30.055Z","description":"A developer known for building T3 Code argues that terminals are no longer the ideal interface for AI-assisted coding, describing his personal shift from...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dLhcLqoff6k/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dLhcLqoff6k/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Theo - t3․gg","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Theo - t3․gg","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--UmX7IyU3--/f_auto/v1704628081/logos/t3dotgg.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/t3dotgg"},"commentCount":2,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-done-with-terminals-djmux34ih","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":7},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}],"keywords":"ai-agents,claude-code,vibe-coding,openai-codex","timeRequired":"PT31M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"I'm done with terminals","description":"A developer known for building T3 Code argues that terminals are no longer the ideal interface for AI-assisted coding, describing his personal shift from...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dLhcLqoff6k/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-08-17T22:30:14.915Z","duration":"PT31M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/djmUx34IH","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/dLhcLqoff6k"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Theo - t3․gg","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/t3dotgg"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"I'm done with terminals"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-done-with-terminals-djmux34ih","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Same here. 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