initialcommit

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Comment · 25 days ago
It happened unexpectedly when I released git-sim in 2023. I made this blog post on the r/programming subreddit:

https://initialcommit.com/blog/git-sim

and it kind of took off organically from there. I just released the post below post this morning as kind of a retrospective look at the mistakes I made in the initial design if you're interested:

https://initialcommit.com/blog/git-sim-mistakes-and-fixes

Comment · 1 year ago
Thank you! So glad it's been useful :D
Comment · 1 year ago
Lol... fully aware it's a kooky project, but I've had a lot of fun working on it.

either way glad you got a laugh ;)

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Comment · 1 year ago
Questionable decision on my part! :D
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Comment · 1 year ago
Kinda! But really only in the sense that they're both "games" related to Git.

Devlands can do so much more (it's can simulate, run, and visualize any command or scenario that can happen in Git within the context of any local repo) and in a much more intuitive way.

Comment · 1 year ago
Haha yes I am extremely curious to hear the answers to these questions as well to understand the utter stagnation here.
Comment · 1 year ago
Hey there! Never heard of Luanti, but the reasons I chose to make this in Pygame using this particular open-source voxel engine implementation are outlined in the post :D
Comment · 1 year ago
Thanks! Yeah I've seen that before. Nice that it's online and nice little puzzles but pretty limited in what it can do by comparison.
Comment · 1 year ago
The reason it's sad to me is because there is so much more to explore, to be stimulated by, to be able to apply in a way that makes you think out of the box.

Maybe a lot of people don't care about that, and I guess everybody has their threshold, where as long as they know the minimum required to do their job they can stay in that comfort zone typing the same commands over and over.

Comment · 1 year ago
Yes totally agree. Curious if you think visual or gamified tools might have been useful to get an initial grasp on the types of concepts you mentioned? And if so where they might fit in?

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