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> my reaction to systemd wasn't "oh wow, this is progress" but "ugh, I need to learn how to start, stop, or modify services again" I must be young at heart whi

> my reaction to systemd wasn't "oh wow, this is progress" but "ugh, I need to learn how to start, stop, or modify services again" I must be young at heart while >60 years old; my reaction was "why is everybody whining about it, it's pretty nice, I like it". Same with jj vs git, jj is amazing!

altruios 5mo ago
Never heard of JJ, why is it better than git, and how did you learn about it?
- skirmish 5mo ago
  Lots of discussions on HN about it recently [1], [2], I heard of it right here. It works on git repositories, so it's very easy to try. For me, the killer feature is updating some commit deep inside some feature branch, and all child commits and branches get auto-updated, no more faffing with endless rebases. Also conflict handling is so much more pleasant than git's. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47763759 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47763759 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45672280 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45672280
rurp 5mo ago
It's definitely varies by person. I'm much more like the GP where relearning how to do basic things I already know how to do is one of the absolute last things I want to spend my time on, but I know plenty of people who are the opposite. Newness and novelty are genuine features for some, and that's totally fine. The annoying thing is that the latter group is over-represented in tech and a lot of core products like phones force people into that path. Most of the non-tech people I know couldn't care less about the latest iphone/android update,they just want the damn buttons to stay the same so they can do the stuff they were doing yesterday. But the only two phone platforms both change their UX regularly and users just have to go along with it.
- jimbokun 5mo ago
  It’s net positive when there’s useful new functionality, but phone software has been mostly a wash for a while now.
- skirmish 5mo ago
  I am with you on UI updates, just moving things around and re-skinning the UI without useful functionality additions make me mad often. But then I grind my teeth and bear it.

altruios 5mo ago

Never heard of JJ, why is it better than git, and how did you learn about it?

skirmish 5mo ago
Lots of discussions on HN about it recently [1], [2], I heard of it right here. It works on git repositories, so it's very easy to try. For me, the killer feature is updating some commit deep inside some feature branch, and all child commits and branches get auto-updated, no more faffing with endless rebases. Also conflict handling is so much more pleasant than git's. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47763759 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47763759 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45672280 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45672280

rurp 5mo ago

It's definitely varies by person. I'm much more like the GP where relearning how to do basic things I already know how to do is one of the absolute last things I want to spend my time on, but I know plenty of people who are the opposite. Newness and novelty are genuine features for some, and that's totally fine. The annoying thing is that the latter group is over-represented in tech and a lot of core products like phones force people into that path. Most of the non-tech people I know couldn't care less about the latest iphone/android update,they just want the damn buttons to stay the same so they can do the stuff they were doing yesterday. But the only two phone platforms both change their UX regularly and users just have to go along with it.

jimbokun 5mo ago
It’s net positive when there’s useful new functionality, but phone software has been mostly a wash for a while now.
skirmish 5mo ago
I am with you on UI updates, just moving things around and re-skinning the UI without useful functionality additions make me mad often. But then I grind my teeth and bear it.