loudthing

Thanks for the detailed response. I appreciate this.

I've been wanting to play around with pfsense for a while, I'll have to give this a shot.

I've found a project that I think is similar to what I'm looking for (https://github.com/fatedier/frp), but I'm really looking for something that would allow me to VNC to a remote system from a mobile device. I.e. expose a remote connect to a system via VNC through a standard URL.

I agree that Apple's hot headedness in the past has helped the industry in the long run. For example, eliminating the floppy drive with the original iMac, or pushing for open alternatives to Flash by not allowing it on iPhones. It is concerning that they included a full size sd card reader (22 year old technology at this point).

Big yikes.

I completely agree. Git is a product of its requirements. It's not perfect, but it gets the job done, and obviously it does it pretty well.

I would eliminate these tasks from the aspect of the user and provide a more straight forward way to accomplish the same intent. You make a good point though because this is easier said than done with a typical terminal based application.

That is a good point. I know now when I visit a project on Github that I am seeing the latest version of all files, but that is only because I'm already aware of how git works.

Honestly, git is absolutely needlessly complex. The worst aspect of git is the almost arbitrary naming of tasks that hardcore git users swear are obvious. E.g. "cherry picking", "fast forward", "rebase". Anyone not familiar with git will balk at the concept that the intent of these phrases are obvious.

Note: I use git frequently every day, not by choice, but simply because it is the defacto version tracking system. I have grown to like it, but I miss the more straightforward every day use of Mercurial (which is rarely supported by any services anymore).

Edit: ... and as a native English speaker, I can't help but feel bad for others who are expected to become familiar with these functions without familiarity with these colloquialisms.

People who have stuff on their monitors specifically so others think "they must be really smart" are the scum of the earth.

"When I want to see what has been happening on SQLite, I visit the timeline and in a single screen I see a summary of the latest changes, on all branches. In a few clicks, I can drill down as much detail as I want. I can even do this from a phone.

GitHub and GitLab offer nothing comparable. The closest I have found is the network, which is slow to render (unless it is already cached), does not offer nearly as much details, and scarcely works at all on mobile."

This is a valid point. I've always wondered why it seems Github goes out of its way to hide the typical commit tree navigation that so many git clients support (Sourcetree, gitk, tortoisegit, etc).