> It is kind of shocking to me how TUIs are enjoying a bit of dev tool renaissance right now when the browser is such a capable platform.

Command line tools (and by extension TUIs) can be used over SSH and don't require messing around with HTTPS certificates. They also have the benefit of having the context of your CWD.

> don't require messing around with HTTPS certificates.

Which also means there’s no real defense against MITM attacks… at least I don’t think anyone seriously checks the host key on first connection.