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On Building Git for Lawyers

(jordanbryan.substack.com)
162 points jpbryan | 2 comments | 14 Nov 24 15:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.416s | source
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apozem ◴[14 Nov 24 17:11 UTC] No.42138365[source]▶
This person is 100% correct that git will never see adoption outside the tech industry.

My partner worked as a veterinarian for several years, and it was fascinating to see how vets use computers. These were brilliant people - I knew three who did literal brain surgery. But they just had zero patience for computers. They did not want to troubleshoot, figure out how something worked or dive deeper. Ever. They didn't care! They were busy saving the lives of people's pets.

It was a good reminder there are many smart people who do not know computers work and do not care to. A good startup acknowledges this reality.

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deprecative ◴[14 Nov 24 17:39 UTC] No.42138786[source]▶
I find this excuse depressing. We live in the age of computers. If you don't know how to use one you shouldn't be employed where they're necessary. Rather than making a dumbed down workforce we should be building people's skills up.

Git for normies already exists even MS Word has document versioning. If they cannot be bothered to use the software and technology they need to then they should be unemployed.

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1. eternityforest ◴[14 Nov 24 21:51 UTC] No.42141616[source]▶
I'm a big fan of specialization. The vet's should probably learn more tech but I really don't care all that much as long as the cats are healthy.

Building easier tech creates jobs for engineers, and saves the time of the people who are willing to do the stuff that's way harder than engineering.

It probably makes things cheaper for people trying to save their pets too.

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2. deprecative ◴[15 Nov 24 21:48 UTC] No.42151552[source]▶
The tool they're asking for already exists. That's what I don't get. Document versioning has been part of MS Office for ten years. If they're not using that why would they bother with Git for normies? They're dinosaurs refusing to learn. If they refuse to learn a check box in MS Word why should I trust that they're learning about their specialization?

I shouldn't.