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That's such a relatable story - and I feel like it highlights something I've been thinking about a lot while working on these visual and gamified Git tools.

There's this whole class of capable engineers (some at senior/staff levels!) who just never had to build good Git habits or learn how to think about the different options that Git's command set provides, because their workflow didn't demand it.

Curious - do you think that's mostly a tooling/culture thing, or more of a learning gap, where they just never had a reason to dive deeper?

Part of why I'm making these tools is to explore if a more visual approach might make some of those concepts stick better. But curious what you've seen actually work in practice for helping people improve their Git skills.




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