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Developers are rewriting tools like lazygit in new languages not because users need them, but because of the deep satisfaction of building from scratch. This cycle fragments the ecosystem and wastes energy. It’s time to be honest about what drives these rewrites.
Git was built for humans. OpenAI’s fork signals a shift to agent-centric version control, where prompt-lineage and machine-generated logic replace human-readable commits. The real story isn’t a Rust rewrite — it’s the colonization of software infrastructure by AI.
The Git terminal is not the ultimate tool for power users—it’s a cognitive burden. GitButler’s new TUI layer merges CLI immediacy with GUI clarity, proving that real productivity gains come from better interaction models, not just faster typing. It’s time to rethink what efficiency really means.