There are a number of hobby programming projects that I have been wanting to do. My problem usually comes down to the complexity of making a GUI combined with a pickiness on my part. I'm familiar with HTML/CSS/JavaScript development and there are some great tools like Electron that allow me to use those skills to make a desktop application. The issue is on the JavaScript framework side. I can't find an actual MVC framework to help me make the GUI I want. All the “MVC” frameworks for JavaScript that I look at aren't actually MVC.
This morning I came to a realization: these hobby projects do need a UI but they don't need a GUI! I work all day long with command line applications in Linux environments. I've also put some effort into making sure I always have a Linux environment close at hand. I can totally just make a command line interface to do exactly what I need.
