Git is the new code — Neciu Dan
March 4, 2026
Git is the new programming language. Not because you write apps in it, but because this is where you’ll spend most of your time. When AI writes the code, your job is to understand what changed, why it changed, and whether it’s safe to ship. The more you know Git — its commands, workflows, and shortcuts — the better you can review what the AI produced and catch mistakes before they reach production. The next sections cover the Git skills you need for this work.
Something I’m going to repeat over and over in the coming weeks and months is right now we’re at a period where change is very rapid when it comes to software engineering. Everything is emerging. It may take months or even years for us to fully digest the impact of this transformation. But along the way I want to try and document what people are thinking about software engineering as the deep impact of AI based software engineering tools really starts to occur.
It’s not a perspective I’ve seen elsewhere, but I think it’s a very valuable one. That git will become central to the way we develop software.
