The latest articles on DEV Community by JCLeftie (@jcleftie). https://dev.to/jcleftie https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F2070631%2F01a9bd78-2a3d-4f11-b6a9-ab7c20e4d863.jpg https://dev.to/jcleftie en JCLeftie Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:59:41 +0000 https://dev.to/jcleftie/the-challenge-of-newbness-5ap https://dev.to/jcleftie/the-challenge-of-newbness-5ap <h3> When you know just enough you're a danger to your code </h3> <p>Here I am going about my day when I see my VSCode has over 300 changes to commit. OK, let's go take care of that.</p> <p>As soon as I do, the file open in the editor gets a line through the title, and on hover, it says it was deleted.</p> <p><strong>Turns out an entire project I worked on yesterday had also been deleted.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://i.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExb2N0bnExZHNsZXZiMm9xODZsbGZhbWRhNGNyYmZ0cjZybHlrcnIyNSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/BcMJvmwkmbyWpKkBj3/giphy.gif" class="ltag_cta ltag_cta--branded" rel="noopener noreferrer">Imagine my surprise.</a> </p> <p>I panicked. Immediately I opened Brave and started to search for "Why did VSCode delete my files". You know what? <em>I found the solution I was looking for right here on DEV.</em></p> <p><a href="https://i.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExdzNqbXFycWVwcm14eHQyMWcwYzJrc2RyMGFpMjR6bDdldnE5azl4cCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/STwFAzQtZH9923mf4s/giphy.gif" class="ltag_cta ltag_cta--branded" rel="noopener noreferrer">THANK YOU ❤️</a> </p> <p>Finding a solution to my problem very quickly made me curious about the place where I found it. I'm excited to be part of this community!</p> <p>--<strong><em>JCLeftie</em></strong></p> beginners vscode learning github