The Missing Semester of Your CS Education

Re:The Missing Semester of Your CS Education by tovej on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @04:13PM (#47143142)

Git is much easier to master than the piano. I played piano for years and can only just play two-handed melodies if they aren't well-aligned.

I've read a few blog posts and half a book on git, and I don't remember the last time I had issues with it.

I also don't recall a junior ever having trouble uploading files with git. Unless they're in an interactive rebase, which wouldn't happen your first time trying out git.

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Re:The Missing Semester of Your CS Education by janalsncm on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @06:35PM (#47145101)

There’s inherent beauty in mastering the piano. It’s worth it to spend time practicing.

Git is just a means to an end. Heck, it’s usually a means to a means to an end: it is only a tool for version control of code, and the code itself is just a means to education or running the actual business.

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Re:The Missing Semester of Your CS Education by tovej on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @04:16AM (#47149237)

It can be that. In the same vein, playing a guitar can just be the means to an end. Some people play music to get paid.

I personally think git is a marvel of engineering. Hackers are people who are capable of seeing beauty in systems. We're at least nominally on "hacker news", even though a better name might be "VC news".

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Re:The Missing Semester of Your CS Education by Throaway1982 on Thursday February 26, 2026 @08:43AM (#47165985)

Yes, but it's not as easy to USE as a piano is! My 4 year old niece can play a piano, but her comprehension of Git is extremely poor.

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