CLI

• The Details That Make CLI Tools Feel Professional

  Four real examples from recent Go CLI projects — bracketed paste handling, a scripting DSL, safe symlink restoration, and diff truncation — that show how small decisions separate a script from a tool people trust.

• The Gold Standard: CLI Design Principles for Production Systems

  Defining the ‘Gold Standard’ for production-ready CLIs: TTY-aware behavior, clean stdout vs stderr contracts, JSON output for automation, and idempotent mutations.