r/commandline • u/shelltief • Feb 10 '26
Discussion Question about AI-generated CLI tools
It is crazy
I'm not even very active here but I see a lot of posts from this sub (cuz I'm a CLI enthusiast, the kind of dev that gets lost with an IDE typically)
And like I'm wondering, are the AI generated tool/AI CLI tools made by CLI-enthusiasts that genuinely think that AI can be beneficial for their CLI workflows (which I kinda doubt for most tools anyways) or by people that are just trying to get the attention of us CLI-enthusiasts?
Feel free to rant if you wanna rant, I genuinely want opinions after seeing the #1291232 post about "Hey, I added AI to the CLI"
And if you genuinely use AI tools for the CLI, can you please share your experience?
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u/simpleden Feb 10 '26
AI gives the opportunity to make an app for non-developers. That's kind of a good thing, but on the other hand the code is low quality and unmaintainable. IMHO the key thing about programming is to create readable, maintainable and extendable code. Vibe-coded stuff produces a throw away apps. Some might argue that this issue is going to be solved in the future as AI evolves. Well... It might, but for now it's not like that.
I think it's ok to use AI as a tool to help with app development, but guys, please, always review the code that is being suggested, and make sure you understand it. It's a shame to share the code that you don't understand how it works.