Perplexity Releases pplx, a Single-Binary CLI That Puts Its Search API in the Terminal for Coding Agents

- Perplexity dropped pplx, a CLI that turns their Search API into a single binary for coding agents. It’s not a chatbot; it’s a JSON pipe for web searches and content fetching. No synthesized answers, just raw data for your agents to chew on. It’s $5 per 1k requests, which is cheaper than most moonboys’ therapy bills. The install script is a shell command, no sudo needed, and it verifies checksums because apparently, we can’t trust anything anymore. It’s built for macOS and Linux, ignoring Windows users like they’re unsealed cargo. If you’re building agents, this is your new tool. If you’re still trading based on vibes, go touch grass. The future is automated, and it doesn’t care about your feelings.