The Unix Command Line is 50+ Years Old. It Will Outlive Your Favourite Framework.

Why the command line will still be here in 2075.

Have you ever wondered why, in an age of slick GUIs and AI-powered interfaces, the command line is still here?

It has been around since 1971. If you apply the Lindy Effect—the idea that the future life expectancy of a non-perishable thing is proportional to its current age—then the command line is arguably the most future-proof platform on the planet. I bet that in 2075, someone, somewhere, will be executing ls -l | grep ^d

The reason for this incredible longevity is its apparent weirdness. What looks like a cryptic, user-unfriendly interface is actually a language of unparalleled expressivity.

This means if you are a junior developer, looking to acquire skills that will last your entire career, the ROI of mastering the command line is unmatched. Learn regular expressions. Get comfortable with simple bash scripts, awk, and sed. These are not fleeting trends; they are foundational pillars of computing that will serve you for a lifetime.

And for all non developers, this principle of building on a durable foundation is more critical now than ever. In the age of AI, entire startups and fragile ideas get displaced by big tech every week. Chasing the latest trend is a recipe for building on sand.

This is why at Zehen, we take a long-term view for every single layer of our architecture. Our customers benefit directly from this. By building on top of the stable, time-tested platform of the command line and its philosophy, the custom apps and agentic systems we build for you are that much more resilient and future-proof.

We don't get distracted by the noise. We focus on providing you with a Personal OS built on bedrock.

While others are rebuilding their foundations every six months, our clients are compounding their gains.

Are you architecting your life's systems on a platform that will last?