[thequadehunter]

This reminds me of something hilarious I saw on Facebook a few years ago. My graphic designer friend was joking about how she has a ton of PSD files in a folder with funny numbers, names, and notes in the filename.

Then, a programmer swooped into the comments section and tried to sell her on the merits of using git for version control. LOL. I nearly died laughing.

[whatshisface]

There's a meme somewhere about how if hackernews laughs at something, it's six months away from a successful product launch and years of profitable sales.

[Brajeshwar]

Ah! How many of her files has "final" in the filenames? ;-)

Well, there was even a "Git for Photoshop." I think it was LayerVault[1] -- a search brings it up.

Of course, yes, the trick with PSDs and static assets during the early days of the web were the file naming patterns. I did one in my 2nd or 3rd job long back (early 2000s), and when I met the team after 10-years; they were happy that they were pretty much still following the convention/pattern that I outlined.

1. https://www.layervault.com

[stavros]

What's funny about that? That sounds like a great idea.

[thequadehunter]

That's why it's funny. It IS a great idea, but they're preaching to the wrong choir.