I posted about this a few weeks ago but man Warp Terminal is a godsend. I know there’s plenty of debate around using AI for writing or generating silly little images, but Warp integrates it into the terminal SO WELL!

I’ve been dealing with a lot of issues with the Surface Linux kernel over the last few updates because it broke so many things on Debian 12. One update couldn’t load the filesystem right, the next one broke wired connections and only WiFi worked, then the next update broke WiFi and only wired connections worked.

Warp told me a lot of the Surface Kernel exclusives like power control and other things specific to the Surface devices has been merged into the mainline kernel over the last couple of years and the differences are few and far between now. I could’ve got that answer from ChatGPT or Claude easily, but with Warp it showed me exactly how to remove the repos and fix all the other stuff I broke in the process of trying to figure everything out on my own. And then all I had to do was hit the Tab key and then Enter and problem solved. A couple years ago I would’ve wiped my laptop and started over with a fresh install of Debian.

I realize the potential for destruction is pretty big here too, if you don’t understand what it’s telling you and you just yolo into a bunch of dangerous commands, etc. But man is it convenient when you just want to use Linux (or even MacOS) without spending days digging through documentation to figure out obscure problems that unexpectedly broke a bunch of stuff. I do feel like it’s a bit lazy, but again, I’m just a guy who uses Linux. The extent of my programming knowledge is pretty much limited to HTML/CSS and basic Python and Bash scripting.

Warp is a really good example of AI making life easier in the way of everyday tasks that used to take a lot of time and patience to figure out.

No referral links or anything like that, but if you’re a mediocre *nix user like me, I can’t recommend Warp Terminal enough.

Link: warp.dev