Perhaps it's time to think about enhancements to the NANOG list...?

Randy Bush randy at psg.com
Sun Mar 21 05:22:53 UTC 2021


> ...not to mention that all mature networks are moving more towards GUI
> front ends for their automated network.  As the complexity of a network
> increases, CLI access becomes considerably more risky.
> 
> The idea that "real engineers use the CLI" is dinosaur thinking that will
> eventually land those with that philosophy out of a job.  Just my personal
> $.02 (though I'm certainly not alone in my opinion).

real engineers write code to do it.  and gooeys get in the way something
awful.  remember cascade?


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