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skydhash 67 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: AI is removing the middle class of software engine...

We had version control in the 70s with SCSS and then RCS. They were primitive, but a lot of software were only a few files.

saulpw 67 days ago [–]

In the 80s, source control was like networking. Yes some orgs had it (mostly academia) but the rest of us just had a precious floppy that we copied the known-good source onto.

cdud3 67 days ago | [–]

We had an own good-releases directory in our svn repository! That's when you realize old habits are hard to change.

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