So I already use a tiling wm (sway), and a tui editor (helix), and I have tmux installed but I never get around to diving in and figuring it out because most of this navigation and pane splitting stuff is just duplicating what my WM already does.
Besides being able to SSH into a session, what does tmux really have to offer me, from people who use it?
Does it need to do anything other than that? I simply can't imagine not having that feature. The way I use computers would have to fundamentally and radically change.
I have long-running sessions on a personal server which I can access from any computer or mobile device I own, seamlessly. I can start compiling, put away the laptop, go do something, and come back to the complete job later. I can check the progress on my phone.
But, I don't actually bother with tmux on the laptop. You're right that the tiling features are not essential on their own (but do become useful in the context of a remote session).
Well, I do all my development on a single machine, so the SSH thing doesn't appeal to me that much. Maybe when I'm running something in production on a headless server somewhere, but why do development that way? I use other TUI tools that way and they're great.
I was hoping for some other awesome use cases of tmux, because I really want a reason to use it.
Besides being able to SSH into a session, what does tmux really have to offer me, from people who use it?