I built the BYO CLI because I wanted to keep everything I like about working in the terminal, but get rid of the friction that comes with it.
The CLI is just powerful. I would rather type a single command than click through endless menus. It is fast, easy to automate, and fits right into CI/CD pipelines and repeatable workflows. Working like this doesn’t just speed things up, it makes things consistent and predictable.
But that power comes with a catch. The complexity piles up fast with commands, flags, variations, and weird syntax. I kept breaking my flow just to search for a command I used a week ago. That mental overhead feels small in the moment, but it adds up and kills focus.
That is why I built BYO CLI. I wanted to keep the speed of the terminal without having to memorize everything. Instead of relying on my terminal history or memory, I wanted to make common workflows easy to find, reuse, and standardise. I just wanted to stay in the zone instead of dropping everything to figure out a command again.
I built BYO CLI to turn repetitive patterns into commands you can recall, build on, and run without losing focus. The goal isn’t to replace the CLI, it is to make it highly customizable to the way each developer actually thinks.