AI Writes the Code Now. So Why Does Git Matter More Than Ever?

Originally published at blog.whynext.app.

"If AI writes all the code, do I still need to learn Git?"

I get this question a lot from people who started coding recently. The assumption behind it goes like this: Git is a tool from the era when we typed code by hand, so once AI writes the code, Git should become unnecessary too. My answer is the opposite. The question has it backwards. You need Git precisely because AI writes the code.

I write almost all of my code with AI. This blog, the apps I run - most of it was built with AI coding tools. And since I started working this way, my Git usage hasn't shrunk. It has multiplied. Here are the four reasons why.

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