No. They are an invaluable tool. I also use a tiling WM. I feel they work better with larger screens that offer more real estate.

I spend 80% of my work day on Terminator, so I’m going to vote “nope”.

Not a fad, a niche.

If they’re a fad, they’ve been a fad for over 35 years, so no longer a fad. Get it?

I don’t understand articles like this. Terminal multiplexers are tools that help people. And they’re great tools especially when you work in environments where persistent sessions save your ass.

There is a saying from when the newspaper world that when a headline asks a question the answer is no.

Multiplexers are critical to my workflow due to bandwidth limitations and intermittency. mosh+tmux saves my butt daily.

Sorry you’re getting downvoted to hell, good article. Just so people know, the guy in the article uses a terminal multiplexer too, and is simply talking about some limitations. The titles clickbait and it starts off quite critical but that’s to be expected in this day and age