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Idk, "my phone does not make noise and is permanently in DND" is a statement and people look like I've grown an extra head.

No, actually, nothing my phone is going to tell me is important enough to interrupt what I'm doing now. I'm still addicted enough that I'll look at it in the next hour or two. Repeat calls break through DND, but I have no dependents, my parents are half a globe away.

Man the things that pass for innovation in the node-adjacent space continues to blow my mind. It feels like hte horrors of /r/programmerhumor meets generic internet hype-beast cycles.

> Why is this trash linked on HN?

Oh let's not kid ourselves.

I am sad that this article exists, let alone all this discussion. It feels like that sort of take that is put out there just to be contrarian and stir the pot.

I don't think I've ever seen someone say "a branch is a ref" with the intent to diminish the concept of a branch or the utility of it, or the special language around it's concept.

On the other hand, appreciating what git commits are, what tags are, what branches are, and understanding the "just refs" part of it, was vital to my understanding of git. This article feels like it argues against something that (1) doesn't exist, and (2) in the form in which it does exist, serves a vital role of exposing 'just enough' of git to help some folks understand the model enough to be effective with it.