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Why the terminal wins

Context switching is the real bottleneck
Stay in the terminal — every detour to a GUI costs twelve seconds of refocus you won't get back.
Every pixel carries information, never decoration
Dense layouts mean you see more of your codebase at once without scrolling through chrome.
The keyboard is deterministic by nature
No hover states, no surprise menus — every action maps to a keystroke you chose deliberately.
Color is syntax, not style
Six saturated hues, each mapped to a language construct you already recognize on sight.
This is the Terminal Vim Dracula (2014) design system, applied by Curio Design — a design-style library for AI agents. Full Terminal Vim Dracula (2014) guide → designbycurio.com/learn/terminal-vim-dracula-2014