Why Version Control Finally Clicked
For a long time, Git felt like something software developers used because they had to.
Then I started building enough projects that the need became obvious.
When AI is helping write code, the pace changes. Files move quickly. Features appear quickly. Mistakes also appear quickly.
Version control turns that chaos into a history.
It gives you checkpoints. It gives you branches. It gives you a way back when a promising experiment breaks something important.
More importantly, it changes the conversation. Instead of asking, "What happened?" you can ask, "What changed?"