I See a Future in Jj
6 months ago
- #Rust
- #version-control
- #jj
- The author discovered Rust in 2012 and saw potential in it due to its memory safety without garbage collection, backing by Mozilla, and planned use in Firefox.
- The author wrote a tutorial 'Rust for Rubyists' and joined the Rust team, contributing to its growth.
- The author became interested in jj, a version control system, after a recommendation from a colleague with similar technical tastes.
- jj is seen as having a good market fit, a solid team, and potential for incremental adoption, similar to Rust's early days.
- Google's use of jj and its adoption in large projects provide social proof for its viability.
- The author is leaving Oxide to join a new company, ERSC, which will build a developer collaboration platform on top of jj.
- The author plans to be more involved in the jj community, finish the jj tutorial, and write more about jj.