HKHimanshu Kumarinnetworkdeviceunderstanding.hashnode.dev·Jan 31 · 2 min readUnderstanding Network DevicesHow Data Travels in a Network Imagine you want to send a letter to a friend. The letter travels from your house to the post office, then through roads and sorting centers, and finally reaches your friend's house. Computer networks work in a similar w...00
HKHimanshu Kumaringitguides.hashnode.dev·Jan 29 · 5 min readThe Pendrive Problem: Why Version Control Was BornBack in the day, developers literally carried code around on USB sticks (pendrives). Imagine Alice finishing a feature and walking over to Bob's desk with a thumb drive of code. As one blogger quipped, "Whoever pastes last wins" - meaning the last co...00
HKHimanshu Kumaringitguides.hashnode.dev·Jan 29 · 3 min readInside Git: How It Works and the Role of the .git FolderYou already type git add, git commit, and git push. They do the job. But do you know what actually happens when you press Enter? This article opens the black box and shows what Git stores inside the hidden .git folder. Start a repo mkdir my-app cd my...00
HKHimanshu Kumaringitguides.hashnode.dev·Jan 14 · 5 min readWhy Your Code Needs a Time Machine: A Git Guide for BeginnersGit for Beginners: The Essential Guide to Version Control What is Git? Imagine you're writing a book and you save each chapter as "Chapter1_final.docx", then "Chapter1_really_final.docx", and eventually "Chapter1_NO_REALLY_FINAL.docx". We've all been...00
