Good idea (or not)

[grd]

I am a big fan of terminal apps (TUI), such as htop, mc, ranger etc. They are all very fast, reliable and light-weight. My idea would be to use tview (a Go framework for TUI apps) and use that with SSH, so that you only need to type ssh user@yourcompany.org and then you are in the application (as long as you have the access rights).

There is only one downside (the only one) and that is that the mouse doesn't work with SSH apps, but that wouldn't be a problem when you have (shift-) tab and the arrow keys to navigate around the app.

I don't think that the docker file will need to change that much (if at all).

The benefits are that you have a proper TUI app, with all the bells and whistles and it is fast. And also I can deliver the app much faster than I can with a GUI, which I think I need to write anyway but then I can deliver it much later after the TUI. And maybe, when it is working, I don't even need to write a GUI.

Another benefit is that the access is secure since it works on SSH. I don't need JWT (until I need to write the GUI).

What are your thoughts? Is it a good idea?

[petrisch]

Sounds like a great idea indeed.
Another downside would be that it will be harder to give a preview of the entry later on.
But honestly thats a bad feature in most PDM anyway which just freezes the thing.
So, jeah, go for it 😄

[grd]

That is why I need to have the GUI. The TUI is only temporarily so that people can start using it.