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(Other than tmux.)", "context": "", "use_case": "process monitoring", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Which CLI tools do you use daily?"}, {"id": 753324257, "item_id": 47082766, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47082766", "by": "wonger_", "date": "2026-02-19", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I keep htop and some vim buffers open regularly", "excerpt": "I keep htop and some vim buffers open regularly, and I keep some tools open while a work on a project e.g. https://github.com/Canop/bacon. But everything else is opened as needed. Especially toys like this weather thing. 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