# lossy-git

6 Hacker News commenters recommended lossy-git and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Playful free project whose web demo runs version control and a neural network in the browser. Critics find it less impressive and somewhat incoherent.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun, amusing, cool project (3 comments): "This was more interesting/amusing than the OP!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50180373)) "That is so silly, I love it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50193981)) "That's very cool project." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50192306))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "lossy-git", https://hackerapproved.com/p/lossy-git/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).