# Stop Making TUIs

> Source: <https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/21/stop-making-tuis/>
> Published: 2026-08-21 16:07:32+00:00

I wrote about my vibe-coded bandwidth and GPU monitoring macOS task bar apps [back in March](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/27/vibe-coding-swiftui/), and I'm still using both of those on a daily basis.

I'm not habitually knocking out real UIs for my other projects yet, but I'm running out of excuses!

Thomas:

If you haven’t tried your hand at turning one of your 500 throwaway CLIs into a native app, you’re doing yourself a disservice. Go build a native UI. It’ll probably change the way you think.

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