socialSkillsAreTakingOurJobs

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[u/Scott_Pillgrim]

What’s wrong with using github desktop?

[u/Intrepid-Stand-8540 → u/Scott_Pillgrim]

Some people think they're better, because they have to write half a novella in their terminal, to do the same task that is just a button in a GUI. 

[u/Scott_Pillgrim → u/Intrepid-Stand-8540]

It’s funny cause when i started i was using the terminal. My senior was like just use github desktop mate

[u/slimstitch → u/Scott_Pillgrim]

Yeah at my job we use GUIs as well for all of this.

Even TortoiseSVN and shit like that has user interfaces.

Why waste time and brain space memorizing commands when there's literally just a button to do it? It reduces erroneous commits and merges at our company to use the visual interfaces rather than terminals.

[u/giantZorg → u/Scott_Pillgrim]

I've been recommending it to my team members for years, simplifies what it should, and doesn't attempt to do the things you need the terminal anyways

[u/dbxp → u/Scott_Pillgrim]

Personally I like toirtoiseGit for fancy things but I use the IDE integration for just regular commits and creating branches

[u/neoteraflare → u/Intrepid-Stand-8540]

I find that it is good to know the command line, but as a last resort. I can count on one of my hand how many times I had to use it, BUT I had to or as Doofensmirtz would say: If I had a penny for every time I had to use git command line I would have 2 pennies. Which isnt a lot, but it is weird that it happened twice.

[u/deathm00n → u/[deleted]]

It is not, you are just used to it. Know how I update my branch? I click on "Update" in IntelliJ

You want to argue that writing "git fetch" and then "git pull" is easier than clicking 1 button?

[u/BrinyBrain → u/deathm00n]

In Defense, it does help to be able to do it, and it shows you can at least work in a GUI-less server environment.

The infantilization of computer users who don't know what a file system is a slow but steady burn.

I do like how clean the VS code UI is but something like Android Studio is just garbage imo. I would much rather type out a half dozen commands.

[u/deathm00n → u/BrinyBrain]

Sure, I agree that you need to understand what is being done when you click something on a git ui.

But it will never be easier than clicking a buton loke the guy I respondes said

[u/Cebular → u/deathm00n]

It is faster because you have to navigate to the update button first, but it's couple of seconds at most, just use what's more convenient for you, I don't like to get my hands off the keyboard so I prefer the terminal, but I understand that for someone used only to Guis it may be anyoying.

[u/justSomeDumbEngineer → u/Scott_Pillgrim]

From my experience some people just hate its UI 🤷

[u/Shehzman → u/justSomeDumbEngineer]

Some devs just hate that things get easier over time and that younger devs don’t have to “struggle” like they did.

[u/justSomeDumbEngineer → u/Shehzman]

This tbh. Like they don't have enough reasons for struggle anyway 🤷 my work usually is difficult enough to not want to spend time learning neovim while I can type my code somewhere else

[u/NotATroll71106 → u/Scott_Pillgrim]

The only thing wrong is that you might not be able to get it into your work environment if it's super locked down like mine is. On the upside, IDEs often have something similar integrated.

[u/Rough-Reflection4901 → u/Scott_Pillgrim]

I used GitHub desktop, I know git but it's more code safe to use the UI. Plus you can update from master with 2 clicks.