Discovering Lazy Git: A Terminal-Based Git Interface for Developers
By
linhns
If you only eat one bagel today, this is the bagel.
Summary
The article describes a developer's personal journey discovering and adopting the lazy Git UI tool during paternity leave. The author shares their experience transitioning from Goland to neovim for coding, and how they stumbled upon lazy Git - a terminal-based Git interface that simplifies version control workflows. The piece focuses on the practical benefits of lazy Git for developers, particularly those working in terminal-based environments, and reflects on the balance between professional tools and personal experimentation.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledWhen my son was born last April, I had ambitious learning plans for the upcoming 5w paternity leave. As you can imagine, with two kids, life quickly verified this plan 🙃
One of the goals (sounding rebellious in the current AI hype cycle) was to learn and use neovim for coding
As a Goland aficionado, I (and my wrist) have always been tempted by no-mouse, OSS, gopls based, highly configurable dev setups
Long story short, I'd still stick to Goland for my professional coding (for now), but during the experiments with nvim, I accidentally stumbled upon lazy
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