Git, invented in 2005. Programmers on 2004:

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

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

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

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

Before Git, we used SVN (Subversion), and CVS before that. Microsoft shops used TFS or whatever it's called now (or was called in the past)

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.

Ah yes, the elusive AI "programmers".

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.

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

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

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

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.

Just save your prompts and vibes in a Google doc dude

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

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

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.

svn was invented in 2000

Acts like SVN and CVS didn't exist

~/Dev/Project/file.ext~2025-03-20-Backup-6

Ahh yes, programming by vibe. The vibe is always dumbass. Just steal code that has already been explained to you like everyone else.

subversion. those were the days...

I remember SVN

i kinda miss tortoisesvn

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

just press Ctrl + Z several times! /s

git push origin master # moron

I need to put a SaaS together called vibe VCS

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.

I wonder how you managed revisions to punch cards...

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