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Correction: Text FILES as a user interface
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Dave Gauer
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May 2, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
User Interface
Development
text files
software-design
Summary
The author reflects on a previous misleading title regarding the use of text files as a user interface and provides a new example for clarity.
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