johnkary

Author of the post here.

I obviously didn't just learn about patch mode... git has many powerful features, but I feel this is the most powerful of those that many git users don't know about yet that will make the biggest positive impact in their daily git use. Not that patch mode is the most powerful feature git has.

I never advocate GUIs as the primary means by which a developer works with version control. Sure it might be OK for some things like browsing history (GitX) but most GUIs often abstracts away much of the underlying complexity, which is absolutely great if you're a designer without much command-line experience, but absolutely a disservice to your in-depth knowledge as a developer and the tools you rely on every day.

If you write code day in day out you SHOULD be comfortable on the command-line. That's why I highlighted in the article that I need two tools to do my development: an editor and version control. You use these tools every day--EVERY day. There's no excuse for not knowing them intimately. They are the foundation for doing your job.

GUIs also aren't always available across platforms, either. For the most part, all the git CLI commands port from Mac, Linux and Windows (msysgit). Also, have you ever tried using a GUI when SSH'd into a remote server in a pinch? You can't. And you'll really wish you invested the time to learn those underlying CLI commands.

Sorry everyone, thought we had Varnish setup. I'll do my best to get it back up. My screencasts above are what I'm mostly linking to.

Turns out the problem was an issue between APC and WP Super Cache. After WPSC tried to run garbage collection on cache files (a cron, configured in the plugin's settings), the server would end up then returning a 500 error. I'm still not entirely sure why, but I disabled APC for now and things are running as they should.

Sorry, it wasn't my intention to be misleading. I'll give it more thought next time. I see how "changes" could be deemed with a negative connotation in that context.

Enabled WP Super Cache plugin, site should be back and operating as normal.

Sorry! Trying to get the server back to normal and responsive. Give me a few minutes. :)