Git is a file system. We need a database for the code

3 months ago

Software development is evolving with less emphasis on traditional coding and debugging, and more on browsing and interacting with LLMs.
Understanding code is crucial for control and efficiency in development, likened to a rider's control over a horse.
Git is becoming a bottleneck in development workflows, especially with the high throughput of LLMs in code editing.
The need for a git replacement is highlighted, rejecting git-compatible solutions in favor of a level-up approach.
Key issues with git include the monorepo problem, split/join difficulties, merge/rebase challenges, lack of advanced code insight features, data accretion, and the blunt data model of blobs.
Proposed solution: A revision control system based on AST-like trees with formal, deterministic merge semantics, using the Replicated Data eXchange (RDX) format.
Future parts will explore CRDT revision control's inner workings, interface, experiments, and the overarching vision.

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