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		npsomaratna 65 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Who needs Git when you have 1M context windows? Programmer from DOS times here. I've ingrained pressing CTRL + S every few seconds as a reflex. That has saved my bacon more than a few times.

Doxin 60 days ago [–]

I've started programming later than DOS (probably around win95 or so) but I still have a reflex to hit ctrl-s three times basically any time I stop typing.

You only need to lose hours of work once or twice to learn that lesson!

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