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 Programming languages have rapidly evolved in recent years. But in software
development, the new often meets the old, and the scaffolding that OS gives for
running new processes hasn’t changed much since Unix. 
 If you need to parametrize your application at runtime by passing a few ad-hoc
variables (without special files or a custom solution involving IPC…

 
 Many programmers would admit this: our knowledge of Git tends to be pretty…
superficial. “Oops, what happened? Screw that, I’ll cherry pick my commits and
start again on a fresh branch”. 
 I’ve been there. I knew the basic use cases. I even thought I was pretty
experienced after a hundred or so resolved merge conflicts. But the confidence
or fluency somehow wasn’t…

 
 Two approaches to using AI 
 I believe that AI can make you smarter . It can help you grow faster,
especially when it comes to gaining new knowledge or developing new skills. It
is the perfect learning companion and a great language tutor, and it’s ability
to browse the web and surface relevant links far exceeds my own. Heck, I’ve
even used it – albeit…