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[–] simonced@lemmy.one 2 points 1 day ago

Letting your text editor write your code, not using version control... I don't feel sad at all. Hope lesson was learned.

[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 18 points 3 days ago

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

[–] Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world 54 points 3 days ago

Fake developer doesn't use version control. Big surprise.

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 86 points 4 days ago (3 children)

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.

[–] brian@programming.dev 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

they are the first thing that comes up when searching "cursor" in both ddg and google, so I think they're doing ok

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 1 points 11 hours ago

Yes, that is the problem I wanted to acknowledge, thank you for clarifying.

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[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Don't trust anyone who can't spell 'oops'.

[–] Amir@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Maybe he was cursing the god of dev ops

[–] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nah his opps fucked up his backup.

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[–] 30p87@feddit.org 139 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

"Developer"
"my" 4 months of "work"

Those are the ones easily replaced by AI. 99% of stuff "they" did was done by AI anyway!

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 207 points 4 days ago

At least they were humble and didn't blame it entirely on Cursor... they also blamed Claude.

[–] yarr@feddit.nl 73 points 4 days ago (5 children)

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
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[–] Arsecroft 152 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (14 children)

this guy would have force pushed onto main about 10 mins after this if he did have git

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[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 21 points 3 days ago (12 children)

Just a heads up, it you don't know how to use cli git in 2025 you're probably a shit developer. There are undoubtedly exceptions, but I would argue not knowing version control intimately makes you a bad developer.

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[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 42 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Acts like SVN and CVS didn't exist

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[–] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 76 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Forget git. Sending zip files into discord once in a while it the way to go.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 28 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Congrats discord now owns your code forever

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[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 45 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Don't worry, I'm sure Cursor will be able to clobber your git history and force push to master any day now

[–] danhab99@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago

Genuine question: what would it take to poison an LLM with ai tools to run git push --force origin main or sudo rm -rf /

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[–] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 104 points 4 days ago (16 children)

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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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 50 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

Just save your prompts and vibes in a Google doc dude

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[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 90 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the elusive AI "programmers".

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 62 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] stopforgettingit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (6 children)
[–] leds@feddit.dk 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I run a svn server at work

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

My condolences

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[–] blade_barrier@lemmy.ml 42 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] smock9@lemm.ee 45 points 4 days ago (4 children)
[–] 7uWqKj@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago (2 children)
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[–] gamer@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago

I made a game engine and a game back in highschool, but all that code is lost because I didn't know how to use git. I knew git existed (and even knew enough to know it was better than mercurial or svn), but I was too lazy to learn.

[–] zovits@lemmy.world 53 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 68 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

if this is real, that's the kind of people who should be worried about being replaced by an ai

it's also Claude

lmao

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 42 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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.

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