[shepherdjerred]

I don't think so:

> Back in 2015 I was suspicious of abstractions and big on tests and version control. Code seemed awash in bad abstractions, while tests and versions seemed like the key advances of the 2000s.

> In effect I stopped thinking about version control. Giving up tests and versions, I ended up with a much better program.

> Version control kept me attached to the past. Both were counter-productive. It took a major reorientation to let go of them.

[mattacular]

I don't get what they mean by "Version control kept me attached to the past."

You don't have to look at the history to use other features of version control. Typically everything is moving forwards in a repository.

[Izkata]

Best guess, a reflexive need to keep diffs as small as possible. Personally I think this is a completely wrong mindset, having version control is what allows you to go wild because you can always use the version from before a crazy refactor - and if it goes wrong you can even keep it around on a branch for reference later on with a second attempt.

[hetman]

Your quotes seem to reinforce parent's assertion he's not talking about version control in the form of tooling but some kind of versioning in the code itself: "...while tests and versions..."

[g15jv2dp]

Holy cherry-picking batman.

[hetman]

Oh good, Reddit seems to be leaking in again.