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Politicians Need Git
Many professions struggle with issues developers overcame years ago
Every software developer knows about and uses Git. It’s a collection of software for tracking changes and is a necessity for collaborating on projects. Git allows developers to work on the same files simultaneously by tracking version history and providing powerful merging capabilities.
Even if a piece of software were to contain hundreds of thousands of lines of code spread across thousands of files that are edited daily by hundreds of developers, Git would nevertheless make it easy to merge changes and view the history of files.
It’s an incredibly powerful set of tools, which is why it’s shocking that virtually no other professions have adopted it. Plenty of jobs could make use of the power of Git.
Such as politicians.
When the United States Congress passed the Covid-19 relief bill, it featured a lot more than just financial aid for small businesses and unemployment aid. It also contained laws that were practically unrelated to the topic, such as penalties against making money on pirated streamed content, the decriminalization…
