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PUSH_AX on June 10, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: A ChatGPT mistake cost us $10k

Commit messages are overrated.

internetter on June 11, 2024 [–]

No they aren't. Commit messages show

1. Forward thinking

2. Maturity

3. Temperance

All important traits in engineers and founders

PUSH_AX on June 11, 2024 | [–]

Case in point. They show none of these things. I'm not even sure how a commit message could convey these things.

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