Eric Amodio

@eric.amod.io

Father, husband, code monkey, entrepreneur, geek. Creator of GitLens for VS Code. CTO @ GitKraken. Microsoft MVP (Dev Tools). Prev VS Code dev @ Microsoft. ❤ open-source

Which LLM is actually best at git tasks? We built a benchmark to find out. GitBench: 17 categories, 204 test cases, 43+ models tested. Some surprises: frontier models don't always win, and cost doesn't always track with quality. Results → gitbench.gitkraken.com

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Have you updated to GitLens 18.3 yet? This release makes AI workflows more capable, conflict resolution smarter, and the Commit Graph even more powerful, plus a completely redesigned Settings experience. Here’s what’s new 🧵👇

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Anyone else noticed the Canvas in the Gemini webapp barely works anymore? I can't seem to get the models (3.5 Flash or 3.1 Pro) to use the canvas at all (though they SAY they did) or they do actually use it, but it's only a code file without any preview mode. Been happening for a week or more now.

"Democratic governors and state legislators need to realize that this is no longer about fairness; it’s about fighting back so that they are not engineered out of the House forever. And I get that Dems don’t have the stomach for this kind of warfare--- find it."

Angus: This is a president who says the only constraint on his actions is not Congress, not the courts, not international law, but, quote, “my own morality, my own mind.” There is no morality in a man accused of being a rapist…

How do you lead 1,000 open source contributors without burnout? @danielroe.dev ( @nuxt.com lead ) shares his playbook: LLM-powered triage, open office hours, and governance with actual checks and balances. New Software is a Team Sport episode 👇 youtu.be/KzRL-b6dXAI

Leading Open Source Teams w/ Daniel Roe

In this episode, Daniel Roe, Lead Maintainer of the Nuxt framework, discusses his journey from studying law and theology to leading a major open-source framework. He explains Nuxt's unique governance…

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GitLens hit a milestone that shows what happens when you solve real problems for developers. We started with a simple idea: make Git history visual, intuitive, and actually useful inside VS Code. Eight years later, developers have spoken. Thanks for trusting us with your Git workflow. 🙌

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@pnpm.io Is there any way to use `minimumReleaseAge` but have it exclude direct dependencies (if they are targeting a specific version)? I often want to pick a specific dependency in my `package.json`, but still have `minimumReleaseAgeExclude` still enforced for all the indirect deps.

The public preview of Github Copilot CLI launched today, and if you install it, you'll be welcomed by little ASCII art welcome banner that I animated. Creating it ended up being great example of how vibe-coding has entered my toolbelt. Nerdy deets in 🧵...