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An agent added source control to his editor project, months of work in about 2 weeks

Agent integrated libgit into his IDE project to add source control, work that would have taken months by hand, done in about 2 weeks of calendar time.

How it works

  1. The agent integrates a git library into his IDE project to add source control
  2. Work that would have taken months by hand
  3. Done in about 2 weeks of calendar time

Why it’s worth knowing

Months to 2 weeks is the calendar math that changes roadmaps.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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