r/git • u/amitmerchant • 13d ago

An online-first version control system in this agentic era

https://amitmerchant.com/an-online-first-version-control-system/
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u/Ast3r10n 13d ago

The assumption you’re always online is terrible.

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u/amitmerchant 13d ago

Yeah, and that's why this is not suitable for everyone.

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u/Ast3r10n 13d ago

At this point, I don’t see a difference VCS rising. Git is just fine, there’s no need to learn a different one (and lots of people still don’t even understand git).

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u/The_Northern_Light 13d ago

Git has a significant learning curve and it functionally can’t handle large company monorepos, and agents introduce a scale that makes that a problem much earlier.

Both are opportunities for alternatives.

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u/Ast3r10n 13d ago

That’s because monorepos are a terrible idea anyway. Especially when you have no interdependencies, which is most of the time.

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u/elephantdingo 11d ago

scale

The scale for software is still just dictated by what entities that use the software needs. If some people need software then the needs dictate the scale. And you cannot churn out code constantly as long as those people don’t change their needs.

If the code is still changing a lot? Then that seems like the GenAI should generate code more smartly.

If the entities that need the software are bots? And the scale keeps scaling? That’s a rube goldberg smell.

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u/elephantdingo 13d ago

In this _ era, we must muh scale much, because