Git wasn't the first version control software. I remember using sccs back in 1991 and apparently it was written all the way back in 1972 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code_Control_System
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Don't trust anyone who can't spell 'oops'.
Maybe he was cursing the god of dev ops
Fake developer doesn't use version control. Big surprise.
Acts like SVN and CVS didn't exist
Also like Reddit did
I need to put a SaaS together called vibe VCS
Don't worry, I'm sure Cursor will be able to clobber your git history and force push to master any day now
we just need a little more AI
You know, none of the “AI is dangerous” movies thought of the fact that AI would be violently shoved into all products by humans. Usually it’s like a secret military or corporate thing that gets access to the internet and goes rogue.
In reality, it’s fancy text prediction that has been exclusively shoved into as much of the internet as possible.
I just want to pause a moment to wish a "fuck you" to the guy who named an AI model "Cursor" as if that's a useful name. It's like they're expecting accidental google searches to be a major source of recruitment.
It's not an AI model, it's an IDE
My comment stands
It's a scary amount of projects these days managed by a bunch of ZIP files:
- Program-2.4.zip
- Program-2.4-FIXED.zip
- Program-2.4-FIXED2.zip
- Program-2.4-FIXED-final.zip
- Program-2.4-FIXED-final-REAL.zip
- Program-2.4-FIXED-FINAL-no-seriously.zip
- Program-2.4-FINAL-use-this.zip
- Program-2.4-FINAL-use-this-2.zip
- Program-2.4-working-maybe.zip
- Program-2.4-FINAL-BUGFIX-LAST-ONE.zip
- Program-2.4-FINAL-BUGFIX-LAST-ONE-v2.zip
- Program-1.5-DeleteThis.zip
- Program-1.6-ScuffedDontUse.zip
- CanWeDeleteThesePlease.txt (last edit 8 months ago)
Inspired by a small collaboration project from a few years ago.
I did that with documents in my Uni years.
By the end, I was using ISO timestamps.
If we're talking actual builds then zip files are perfectly fine as long as the revs make chronological sense.
I remember SVN
I want to forget SVN
I want SVN little explorer icons back! I want to forget Jazz RTC.
That's tortoise, and have I got news for you: tortoisegit exists.
Just save your prompts and vibes in a Google doc dude
Good thing it's deterministic, oh wait 😃
You could literally just save a copy to your desktop before you're going to do something sensitive.
That's why I take a screenshot of my desktop before something stupid just in case.
Or use VCS like a normal dev
Why did the porn star become a network admin after retiring?
She was already an expert in load balancing
"Developer"
"my" 4 months of "work"
Those are the ones easily replaced by AI. 99% of stuff "they" did was done by AI anyway!
Forget git. Sending zip files into discord once in a while it the way to go.
Especially if they're .zip files full of military secrets.
I'm not in any war thunder servers.
Congrats discord now owns your code forever
I'd feel sorry for them. My personal projects will only harm them.
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svn was invented in 2000
CVS was invented in 1986
SCCS is from 1972, you young whippersnappers
SUN is from 4.6 billion years ago, you mortal beings
I’m a software developer so I’ve never seen that thing you’re talking about, but check your sources, I believe it’s actually from 1982: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Microsystems
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At least they were humble and didn't blame it entirely on Cursor... they also blamed Claude.
The first version control system I ever used was CVS and it was first released in 1986 so it was already old and well established when I first came to use it.
Anyone in these past forty years not using a version control system to keep track of their source code have only themselves to blame.
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It's actually reassuring to see that despite all warnings and doomsayers there will still be opportunities for programmers capable of solving problems using natural intelligence.
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this guy would have force pushed onto main about 10 mins after this if he did have git
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You need a USB C “Power Ctrl+Z” key. Unlike the regular Ctrl+Z key one of these bad boys is capable of reversing edits across system reboots until as far back as when you originally plugged it in.
Sounds to me like a glorified keylogger 😭
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