From VS Code to Command Line: Gen X Coding Full Circle
Eric Guyer
1 min read
March 2026
For all the Gen Xers wondering what it's like to use Anthropic's Claude Code ... The "way" is traditional IDEs like #VScode or #NetBeans, to Cursor (an agentic AI-enabled IDE), to command-line driven tools. Its a full return to green screen! Ok, multi-color terminals. Still, "You wake up. The room is spinning very gently round your head. Or at least it would be if you could see it which you can't."