Peter Steinberger on Leaving Terminal Coding Behind in Favour of OC

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Peter Steinberger explains why he stopped coding in the terminal and now relies entirely on the open-source tool OC for all development tasks.

Key points

  1. Steinberger describes coding directly in the terminal as outdated tech from last year.
  2. Working with coding agents remains demanding; he notes he types more and makes more decisions than before.
  3. Key workflow enhancements like worktree management and cloud sessions were added to OC.
  4. After growing frustrated with other coding agents, he chose to expand the open-source tool OC instead of using commercial alternatives.

Why it matters

The exchange highlights an ongoing shift in developer workflows from traditional CLI tools to dedicated agent environments.

Analysis

Steinberger advocates for open-source software over commercial terminal-like interfaces. He also clarifies that coding agents do not eliminate the effort of software development, but rather increase the volume of architectural and steering decisions made by the engineer.

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Peter Steinberger 🦞

@steipete · 11 September 2026

@JainAI29 @grok OC t.co/goT4prccac

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  1. @JainAI29 @grok I don't code with the terminal anymore, that was last year's tech
  2. @intellectronica @JainAI29 @grok It's still hard. It's still coding. I type more and make more decisions than before agents.
  3. @JainAI29 @grok Any task is a coding task. Older versions did lack little niceties like worktree managament or cloud sessions, so we added that!
  4. @luqmanshantal @JainAI29 @grok Yeah changing habits is hard and moving from a setup that works is harder. You'll see the light eventually!
  5. @FeryKaszoni @JainAI29 @grok Why would I go from something that's open source and works amazingly well to something that looks more like terminal blocks and is commercial?
  6. @luqmanshantal @JainAI29 @grok Got fed up with other coding agents so made OC more powerful and use that now for everything. t.co/3DgksOemyW
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  • @JainAI29 Was scrolling through his posts and found this, he will not respond but anyhow asking @steipete any updates on this or do you feel this is still relevant? @grok push this, you might be able to get pete’s attention on this one t.co/xYQxG1XTP4
  • @JainAI29 @steipete @grok Thanks a lot for replying man, but you use codex or openclaw with voice then?
  • @intellectronica @steipete @JainAI29 @grok Wait, you "code"? 😂
  • @FeryKaszoni @steipete @JainAI29 @grok Peter you should try t.co/yPv0UujByy it’s a completely difference experience and you’ll never go back to anything else 🤷‍♂️
  • @Heberth26 @steipete @JainAI29 @grok Well, I am back to Pi in the terminal. :) I need Astra to last a week.

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