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Every time I see some glorious "this explains git in a single image", it's usually an interesting image for someone who already understands git, yet is entirely

Every time I see some glorious "this explains git in a single image", it's usually an interesting image for someone who already understands git, yet is entirely, 100%, opaque to someone who doesn't yet know git. [This comment brought to you by a thread [1] from earlier today] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30311713 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30311713

catillac 5y ago
I saw this earlier, and while I’ve been using git for many years, I think this graphic made me understand git less. Maybe because most of my usage is committing and resetting things and not doing the more wacky git commands?
asiachick 5y ago
For me this is every youtube math video ... including 3 blue 1 brown. They only really work if you already understand
hinkley 5y ago
I'm glad that DevEx is finally a 'coined term' because I've been shouting into the maelstrom for most of my career. It is so common for someone to try to gently tell someone that their system (or at least the description) is a steaming pile of self-indulgent garbage by saying something like, "I don't think that's a good idea," or "This seems pretty complicated," only for the originator to take this as an invitation to continue evangelizing (aka talking about how brilliant they are). In the age of everyone working remotely using screen sharing software, there is no excuse for not spending time watching someone try to use the tools or apis that you've ~foisted off~ given them. I wish it were just ignorance but too often it feels willful. Nothing will deflate your ego like trying in earnest to teach someone to do what you do. Or fluff it up, depending on how you choose to process that information. To repurpose an old aphorism: if you meet an idiot in the morning, you met an idiot. If you meet idiots all day, you're the idiot.

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Every time I see some glorious "this explains git in a single image", it's usually an interesting image for someone who already understands git, yet is entirely

by chunkyks 5y ago

catillac 5y ago
I saw this earlier, and while I’ve been using git for many years, I think this graphic made me understand git less. Maybe because most of my usage is committing and resetting things and not doing the more wacky git commands?
asiachick 5y ago
For me this is every youtube math video ... including 3 blue 1 brown. They only really work if you already understand
hinkley 5y ago
I'm glad that DevEx is finally a 'coined term' because I've been shouting into the maelstrom for most of my career. It is so common for someone to try to gently tell someone that their system (or at least the description) is a steaming pile of self-indulgent garbage by saying something like, "I don't think that's a good idea," or "This seems pretty complicated," only for the originator to take this as an invitation to continue evangelizing (aka talking about how brilliant they are). In the age of everyone working remotely using screen sharing software, there is no excuse for not spending time watching someone try to use the tools or apis that you've ~foisted off~ given them. I wish it were just ignorance but too often it feels willful. Nothing will deflate your ego like trying in earnest to teach someone to do what you do. Or fluff it up, depending on how you choose to process that information. To repurpose an old aphorism: if you meet an idiot in the morning, you met an idiot. If you meet idiots all day, you're the idiot.