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Re:Show HN: I made an easier version control system by togaen on Sunday August 21, 2022 @10:50PM (#32546762)
Why is this better than existing solutions? The feature list on the site is not convincing. (“View previous versions of your code with ease”… that is table stakes for version control, not a differentiator.)

Most version control systems are both free and, frankly, not that hard to use. This would need some pretty killer features to be compelling.

Re:Show HN: I made an easier version control system by KingMob on Monday August 22, 2022 @03:05AM (#32548246)
> not that hard to use

I can't think of many tools that have their own profanity-based undo site: https://ohshitgit.com/

It's more likely we've all gotten so used to git over the years, we've forgotten how terrible its UI really is.

Re:Show HN: I made an easier version control system by zdgeier on Sunday August 21, 2022 @11:06PM (#32546868)
Appreciate the feedback! We think that git can be difficult to use, especially for beginners but definitely agree it's going to be hard to compete with free.
Re:Show HN: I made an easier version control system by john_the_writer on Monday August 22, 2022 @05:04AM (#32549032)
Also there are a pile of free GUI's that hide anything that's hard.

I think what would be hardest for you and your team would be integrating with existing CICD systems. How would I send my code to Heroku (for example)

Re:Show HN: I made an easier version control system by atemerev on Monday August 22, 2022 @04:30AM (#32548781)
As I understand, when the sync is enabled for a directory, all changes there are recorded and synced automatically, without any need to do anything. No commits, no pushes, no pulls, no merges. Just synced storage with a time machine view. Looks like a nice idea to me.
Re:Show HN: I made an easier version control system by cupachabra on Monday August 22, 2022 @02:23AM (#32547997)
Agree with togaen here, not sure ease of use is a massive blocker for someone looking to breank into programming!