The Terminal is Becoming Conversational

I just filed 80% of my taxes using a terminal interface.

There’s an old saying in tech: “Developer tools don’t stay developer tools. They become everyone’s tools.”

Think about your daily tools:

• Google Docs tracks versions → borrowed from Git
• Comments on documents → pull requests
• Jira/ServiceNow → issue tracking systems
• Zapier/n8n → APIs and webhooks
• Notion’s nested pages → monorepo architecture

But here’s what’s coming next.

I’ve been using Claude Code as my default interface—not just for coding, but for everything. File manipulation. System management. Even tax filing.

The mass adoption of AI coding assistants like Claude Code and Codex is fundamentally changing how we interact with computers.

Soon, typing terminal commands in natural language will feel as normal as clicking buttons.

Sam Altman says Slack needs reinventing - we need an entirely new office suite. One where AI retrieval is the core feature. Where UI generates on demand. Where unstructured data just… makes sense.

The terminal is becoming conversational. And when it does, everything changes.