Anyone focusing on the productivity value of `ratty` is missing the point.

It's a proof of concept, that injecting 3D effects into a terminal are possible, while winking at you that this isn't one bit about making you faster or more productive at the screen. The author and the reviewer both know this and IMO have been clear about this.

One thing that I have noticed is that, for some subset of the folks revisiting the console/shell concept of going GUI-free without losing too much of the familiar, being pretty is as important as being efficient. The number of people who have "riced" their setups and posted the results on Reddit is impressive. And my personal manifestation of this new interest in the pretty is exemplified in the ultra-cool (IMO) animated ASCII-art Omarchy screensaver.

- Evan