The Interview That Changed My Perspective
Picture this: I'm sitting in a technical interview, feeling pretty confident about my answers ...
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This is a fascinating article. It's a brilliant engineering solution to a problem that is, at its core, 100% cultural.
Your question on ethics is key, but I would reframe it: "Isn't it unethical for a leader or recruiter to use Git timestamps as a proxy for productivity in the first place?"
This is a symptom of a low-trust culture, very similar to the "status report dailies" I discussed in my own article on 'Scrum Zombies'. We're seeing a focus on activity (when you commit) rather than impact (the value you deliver).
As senior engineers and leaders, our real job is two-fold:
The tool is fantastic (and a clever use of Go), but the problem it exposes runs much deeper. Thanks for starting this very necessary conversation.
Good point. This often happens when a manager lacks the ability to improve the team and instead tries to use his power to remind people of his/her presence.
Totally agree. It's the manager who, lacking real ways to add value, defaults to "management by presence."
It's the 2024 version of demanding a 100% return-to-office, only to watch us sit at our desks... while on a Teams call with the colleague three meters away.
The goal isn't collaboration; it's "attendance validation" to justify the cost of the office space. 😂
Came here to say the interviewer was a dickhead but somebody had made it already, thanks 👍
nice read, but seems over kill when you can do this instead
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or perl if your old skool
POSIX scripts are much easier to make interop between projects..
thanks for your comment, but git push maybe does not alter the commit times
That's a really good point.:)
Interesting, I'm wondering whether it will eat my commits 😜.
It seems like the core concept of this project is commit scheduling, but in the end, you mentioned it is an AI-powered commit message generator. Code editor like VS Code supports auto-generate commit message, so I think it is not a key feature for me😝.
kk thanks. if someone does not use VS Code, maybe this tool will help :D
This is really neat. I'll definitely check it out when I get a chance.
The interviewer's question seems reasonable to me. They wanted to know why you were working on your personal project during official work time, which is a concern for any company. You are demonstrating unethical moonlighting practices to the developer community by creating a tool to bypass commits time.
I know this is controversial. But what about during work hours? Some companies give employees a 30m break at any time, if I push a commit to a personal project at that time, is that unethical? What if I push a commit during work hours but I'm off that day? Some people even self-assess an individual through their github profile without clarifying or confirming with the individual. It's just a small tool, unethical depending on how you use it.
This is such a thoughtful and innovative idea.
Strange, how they check the commit hour by the green squares?
Just click into any green squares, then the Github will show a list of commits at this time, hover,, and view details
Ooh, now I understand why I didn't see anything. 😅
Private repositories, maybe you should find commits on a public repo
What a weird way of promoting your project.
You have a problem with people asking why you only push during work hours, and your solution is to let your project create commits during working hours?
I just shared my tool (just for fun), some time during my working time at the company, during my break time, ... I usually push code, commit something (like the utils components, some ideas, code fix bug of my project, code to test some tools) on my GitHub. That is my routine.
When I was in an interview, some people looked at my GitHub profile and told me I hadn't focus on tasks in my company.
great thinking to a problem
Isn't the answer something like, "I work during work hours and part of that process is pushing code"? Or was it a personal github account?
This is a very weird post, so a potential employer noticed that you work on your own projects while you are supposed to be working for your actual employer and this how cope with it..?
It’s actually just a small side feature of GoCommit with AI, not something I really use often 😅
The post was more about how commit history doesn’t truly reflect how dedicated someone is — time zones, async work, or personal learning can make it look different on GitHub.
Smart tools but if i am interviewer I won't hire who use this tool but maybe i will hiring who can answer with direct answer with honest.
Really cool way to promote your project! Best of luck and good vibes.