A nice coincidence to read this; I was just telling some friends the following (lightly edited):
Nushell is amazing and a total pleasure to use. I cannot yet discern any limit to how much thought has been put into it.
I’m stunned in a good way. I’m writing shell scripts without any pain — actually I much prefer them to Python! With the language-server integration – I use Zed, but I'm sure they exist in VS Code and others too – I can see errors in scripts as I write them! (Including typos in pathnames! Amazing.)
I have to admit Nushell didn’t become my daily driver right away; it took a few years for me to switch fully. I don't know exactly why, but it probably had to do with its lack of POSIX compatibility. I now see this as a necessary break for Nushell to pursue its vision.
About expectations: some people will be delighted immediately and get hooked, but not all. We're all busy and adopting a new tool can feel like a leap of faith. For me, it has been worth it. Nushell has felt like planting a garden that gives back way more than you put into it.
I wrote up a quick gist [1] that shows how nice the experience is to write a new command (i.e. function) in Nushell.
Nushell is amazing and a total pleasure to use. I cannot yet discern any limit to how much thought has been put into it.
I’m stunned in a good way. I’m writing shell scripts without any pain — actually I much prefer them to Python! With the language-server integration – I use Zed, but I'm sure they exist in VS Code and others too – I can see errors in scripts as I write them! (Including typos in pathnames! Amazing.)
I have to admit Nushell didn’t become my daily driver right away; it took a few years for me to switch fully. I don't know exactly why, but it probably had to do with its lack of POSIX compatibility. I now see this as a necessary break for Nushell to pursue its vision.
About expectations: some people will be delighted immediately and get hooked, but not all. We're all busy and adopting a new tool can feel like a leap of faith. For me, it has been worth it. Nushell has felt like planting a garden that gives back way more than you put into it.
I wrote up a quick gist [1] that shows how nice the experience is to write a new command (i.e. function) in Nushell.
[1]: "Building Argsort with Nushell" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46528644