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by array_key_first 239 days ago
The issue is with the problem space - version control and reconciliation is hard. The fact we even have software to automate 99% of it is amazing.

Lawyers spend literally hundreds of hours doing just that. Well, their paralegals do.

Git is a legitimately amazing tool, but it can't magically make version control free. You still have to think because ultimately software can't decide which stuff is right and which is wrong.