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> But, who cares? If this worked for the developer, what's wrong? Chances are it didn't work for the developer. I've been in places where people were versionin

> But, who cares? If this worked for the developer, what's wrong? Chances are it didn't work for the developer. I've been in places where people were versioning by folder, and pretending it was fine, because they didn't want to learn how to do it properly. They'd come up will all manner of excuses that git/svn/hg/etc had already dealt with. "It's easier to just copy paste", "It's a waste of my time to spend time on a VCS", "What if we both change the same file". I've heard them all, and when I look back at the colleagues who said this, they produced a lot less than they ought to have. Not just because of version control, it's one among several software red flags (never commenting anything, not having tests, not making an effort to make things work on other people's machines, etc). I'm not going to say anything bad about the DF guy, this seems like a strange foible, but in general not using version control is a major red flag that someone is actually a bit of a novice who is low on productivity. Version control is the big one, because if you're productive you tend to write a lot of code, and you'll tend to have hit the same issues that everyone has when they're writing a lot of stuff.

capableweb 5y ago
> I'm not going to say anything bad about the DF guy, this seems like a strange foible, but in general not using version control is a major red flag that someone is actually a bit of a novice who is low on productivity. Sure, not using version control in an environment where collaboration is to be expected (like in teams/companies where you work with others), I'd agree with you. But that's not Dwarf Fortress, it's just a single person doing the work. Obviously Tarn is not "low on productivity" or "a bit of a novice" since he have done something many of us will never do in our entire life, create entertainment that will forever live in some peoples memories. Just because he's not using Git, doesn't mean it's a red flag, since using Git would basically give him zero benefits and just add more to learn for again, zero benefits.

capableweb 5y ago

> I'm not going to say anything bad about the DF guy, this seems like a strange foible, but in general not using version control is a major red flag that someone is actually a bit of a novice who is low on productivity. Sure, not using version control in an environment where collaboration is to be expected (like in teams/companies where you work with others), I'd agree with you. But that's not Dwarf Fortress, it's just a single person doing the work. Obviously Tarn is not "low on productivity" or "a bit of a novice" since he have done something many of us will never do in our entire life, create entertainment that will forever live in some peoples memories. Just because he's not using Git, doesn't mean it's a red flag, since using Git would basically give him zero benefits and just add more to learn for again, zero benefits.