--- title: Terminals Might Slow You Down Now | daily.dev description: An experienced terminal user argues that terminals, despite being a long-time low-overhead tool for developers, are poorly suited to modern multitasking... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/terminals-might-slow-you-down-now-hf4k7oevf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Terminals Might Slow You Down Now | daily.dev og:description: An experienced terminal user argues that terminals, despite being a long-time low-overhead tool for developers, are poorly suited to modern multitasking... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/terminals-might-slow-you-down-now-hf4k7oevf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hf4K7oEvf.png og:image:alt: Terminals Might Slow You Down Now 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. # Terminals Might Slow You Down Now **[Theo - t3․gg](https://daily.dev/sources/t3dotgg)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary An experienced terminal user argues that terminals, despite being a long-time low-overhead tool for developers, are poorly suited to modern multitasking workflows. Juggling three or more concurrent tasks in terminal panes forces developers to build mental models around hotkeys and panel assignments, which collapses as soon as one more task is added, suggesting terminals may no longer fit how developers actually work today. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@confidentcoding** · 0 upvotes >  > > > Thankfully, I don't go with the fads and the trends and just do what works best for my workflow. ## 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 - [A Terminal Workspace](https://daily.dev/posts/a-terminal-workspace-dl6ikn0y4) · Atomic Spin · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity), [#cli](https://daily.dev/tags/cli) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/terminals-might-slow-you-down-now-hf4k7oevf) ```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":"Terminals Might Slow You Down Now","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/terminals-might-slow-you-down-now-hf4k7oevf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/terminals-might-slow-you-down-now-hf4k7oevf"},"datePublished":"2026-08-24T23:00:46.864Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T07:43:08.921Z","description":"An experienced terminal user argues that terminals, despite being a long-time low-overhead tool for developers, are poorly suited to modern multitasking...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sreUeVtkSPo/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sreUeVtkSPo/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":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/terminals-might-slow-you-down-now-hf4k7oevf","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"productivity,cli","timeRequired":"PT1M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"Terminals Might Slow You Down Now","description":"An experienced terminal user argues that terminals, despite being a long-time low-overhead tool for developers, are poorly suited to modern multitasking...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sreUeVtkSPo/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-08-24T23:00:46.864Z","duration":"PT1M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/hf4K7oEvf","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/sreUeVtkSPo"}} {"@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":"Terminals Might Slow You Down Now"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/terminals-might-slow-you-down-now-hf4k7oevf","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Thankfully, I don’t go with the fads and the trends and just do what works best for my workflow.","datePublished":"2026-08-25T20:58:49.242Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/hf4K7oEvf#c-d2wTsuwYc","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Lars Faye | Confident Coding","url":"https://daily.dev/confidentcoding","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--OGZu5DEc--/f_auto/v1772569630/avatars/avatar_umWZ9aQAng34qk5aaJl2q?_a=BAMAMiiu0"}}]} ```