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forwardslash · 3909 days ago · link · · parent · post: What's something you're interested in but too lazy to learn?

Git was a bit of a daunting trip when I first tried to learn it. I almost forgot how hard it was to learn until I tried to teach it to some first year comp sci students for a group project we were working on.

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joelg236 · 3909 days ago · link ·

Github for windows. Saves me thousands of seconds. I taught two almost completely computer-illiterate people how to contribute to my projects.

+discuss