I'm still writing command-line applications (compilers), but they don't even do menus, everything comes from the command line or from files input.
But I don't think the server-side of the web is much different. Web servers are not a lot more than a function of the input stream to the output stream - compilers are much the same. A lot of fun can be had if you're in the deep end of the server side, writing framework functionality.
Ya, no for sure, I got to work on the backend of big web systems for a while and it was fun. (AMZN actually, the mother of all web backends)
But once you are in the teeny startup space then you become the jack of all trades and then you have to deal with the whole stack again. Unless you figure out how to make money off of jsonip.com that is. :)
But I don't think the server-side of the web is much different. Web servers are not a lot more than a function of the input stream to the output stream - compilers are much the same. A lot of fun can be had if you're in the deep end of the server side, writing framework functionality.