After years of muscle memory built on the _classic terminal _experience, I wasn’t expecting much from a “new” terminal. Then I spent 10 minutes with Warp… and never looked back.
Warp isn’t just a prettier terminal. It’s a complete re-imagining of what a command-line environment can be in 2025.
Here are the 10 features that made me switch overnight.
1. Blocks — Never Scroll Blindly Again
Long command outputs used to be a wall of text. Warp automatically groups each command and its output into collapsible, labeled “blocks.” You can jump between blocks, search inside them, copy only the output, or even share just one block with a teammate. It’s like having Jupyter notebooks… but for your shell.
2. Command Palette (Cmd + P)
Why type when you can search? Hit Cmd + P and instantly find past commands, saved workflows, or even run AI-generated ones. It’s Spotlight for your terminal.
3. Workflows — Turn Repetition Into One Click
Every team has those 5-line scripts everyone copies from the internal wiki. Warp lets you turn them into shareable, version-controlled workflows. One keystroke to spin up a local dev environment, run lint + tests, or deploy to staging. Your future self will thank you.
4. Built-in AI That Actually Understands You
Type “delete all node_modules recursively and reinstall” in plain English → Warp’s AI turns it into the correct find command with confirmation. It also explains unfamiliar commands, fixes typos, and suggests flags you forgot. No more Googling basic CLI one-liners.
5. The Input Editor Every Developer Dreamed Of
Multi-line editing with proper syntax highlighting, inline error detection, and Vim/Emacs bindings. Writing complex kubectl or docker compose commands finally feels natural instead of painful.
6. Real-Time Session Sharing
Pair programming in the terminal used to mean “here’s a tmux session, good luck.” Now you just click Share → copy a link → your teammate joins your exact session instantly. No setup, no port forwarding.
7. Warp Drive - The Community Package Manager for Your Terminal
Think GitHub Gists, but organized, searchable, and installable with one click. Thousands of workflows already live in Warp Drive: Rails credentials setup, AWS profile switchers, Kubernetes debugging kits… you name it.
8. Themes That Don’t Sacrifice Performance
GPU-accelerated rendering means silky-smooth scrolling even when tail -f spits out 10 000 lines per second. And yes, it has the best Dracula theme I’ve ever seen.
9. Preview Files Without Leaving the Terminal
Preview files inside Warp without needing to open it in an external editor, reducing your need for jumping between various other viewers.
10. Speed That Feels Like Cheating
Everything is fast. Startup time, scrolling, search, autocomplete — Warp consistently beats every other terminal I’ve benchmarked. It’s the first terminal where I never feel the tool getting in my way.
Final Thoughts
Warp isn’t trying to replace your shell (it still runs zsh, fish, or bash underneath). It’s replacing the 40-year-old terminal paradigm with something built for modern development teams.
If you spend more than an hour a day in the terminal, do yourself a favor: download Warp and try these 10 features for a week. I did, and I’m never going back.
→ Try Warp for free: https://warp.dev
(Use the code THELAZYTECHIEPRO to get $5 off!)
P.S. Yes, it works great on macOS, Linux, and now Windows (WSL). No excuses left. 😄
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