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I finally get why people swear by version control after losing 3 hours of code
I was that guy who thought Git was overkill for my little projects. Just save files locally, right? Then last week I accidentally overwrote a file that had a working login form I spent like 3 hours on. Couldn't undo it. A friend showed me how to use GitHub Desktop in about 10 minutes and now I actually track every change. It's kind of embarrassing how simple it is. Has anyone else avoided learning something basic only to kick yourself later?
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bettywood12d ago
Oh man, I did the exact same thing! I thought Git was only for big teams and serious programmers, not for my messy side projects. I lost a whole weekend of work on a little web app once because I saved over the wrong file and had no backup. When I finally sat down to learn the basics of GitHub, I couldn't believe how fast and easy it was to just commit my changes. Now I feel silly for all those hours I spent panicking or redoing work when a few clicks would've saved me. Better late than never, right?
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