Researching the Command Line Interface
summary
Usability testing on the Uplink CLI finds developers repeatedly pasting an API key into the satellite field and expecting a default, so replacing an open text input with numeric satellite choices cuts setup time from ~20s with guidance to under 10s unguided. Packaging the binary into a single downloadable line — the copy-install command that renames and moves the executable to root — reduces install steps from five to three and saves ~20s.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:43About the speaker
- 1:26What is a CLI
- 3:32Why research matters
- 8:52Learning how to fly
- 11:00Usability testing in CLI
- 16:36Defining success in technical spaces
- 19:43Making a way in technical teams
- 26:43Key takeaways and conclusion
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