Git

3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 5, 2018 by Tom Sparks · said 23 times in 11 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Jan 5, 2018 negative
Opinion
Sparks: Git Has a Poor Security Model Compared to Older Version Control
“I feel like maybe the Git security model is pretty bad when you compare it to some of the older stuff, but you know, the usability you get out of it is like way, way higher.”
Tom Sparks Jan 5, 2018 ▶ 56:41 Leah Culver of Breaker and Tom Sparks of YC Answer Your Questions About Security and Podcasting · Y Combinator
Apr 25, 2025 positive
Insight
Blomfield: Git reset and re-feed final AI solutions onto clean codebases
“You might go and try four, five, six different prompts, and you finally get the solution. I'd actually just take that solution, git reset, and then feed that solution into the AI on a clean code base, so you can implement that clean solution without layers and…”
Tom Blomfield Apr 25, 2025 ▶ 7:07 How To Get The Most Out Of Vibe Coding | Startup School · Y Combinator
Feb 6, 2026 positive
Insight
French-Owen: Systems fundamentals like HTTP and databases remain essential in CS
“Personally, I think still understanding systems is very important and just having some conception of, like, how, like, Git works, you know, or, like, HTTP, or databases, like, queues, like, all of these different systems. I think that those fundamentals are st…”
Calvin French-Owen Feb 6, 2026 ▶ 25:18 We're All Addicted To Claude Code · Y Combinator
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