Hi there! My name is Alex Shvets, and I'm the creator of GitByBit. I'm excited to announce that the blog is now live! 🎉

Honestly, I should have done this much earlier. I've been working on GitByBit for over a year, and along the way, I've gathered a lot of insights about Git, version control, and modern software development practices.

I'll also be sharing some of the artwork I’ve created for the project—like this:

I'm almost 40. A friend insists younger folks won't get the Terminator references, but I love it and think it's still a great reference. Don't you?

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I launched my first Git resource back in 2011: it was called GitHowTo.com. It's still online and surprisingly popular: over 100,000 people visited it last year alone.

But by today’s standards, that format is too rigid. It followed a single track, focusing only on the most common Git commands. Many real-world issues weren’t covered, and if you got stuck, you had to dig through StackOverflow or other resources for answers, there was no AI to help you out.

So I decided to build something better: an interactive Git learning experience, focused on practice rather than theory. Instead of switching between a browser and a terminal, I asked myself—what if everything happened right inside your code editor? What if you could learn Git while working on your own projects, without ever leaving your IDE?

That’s how GitByBit came to life. It took time to get here, but it's finally ready—and I hope you’ll find it genuinely useful.

Next up: dev diaries! I’ll be sharing my thoughts on the project, the challenges I faced, and the lessons I learned along the way. Stay tuned!