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

Tue Mar 23 08:09:39 UTC 2021

On 3/21/21 03:34, David Siegel wrote:

>
> ...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).

I wonder what those fancy GUI things are actually doing in the back-end.

I'm of the opposite view... front-end shiny GUI's are the risk. I'd 
babysit them before I let them leave the house. For a long time.

Mark.