This may sound terse, but I’m just trying to respect your time:

1. You don’t need a server to start using git
2. You don’t need a forge to host a git repository (gitweb works fine for indexing, reading, and cloning). Gitea, gitlab, forgejo, etc are all forges designed for full multiuser development with kaban boards, issue trackers, and CI pipelines.
3. If you aren’t publishing anything then just play around locally with an IDE plugin for git or one of the listed GUIs https://git-scm.com/tools/guis

If you ever do feel like publishing your work, it’s just a git remote add and git push away.

It’s far too convenient for me to be angry at an inanimate object for my coworker’s shortcomings, or some other nonsense that ignores the fact that apathy drives adoption more than anything else.

Damn, what’s c/memes going to post about now?

Unfortunately a large part of marketing is people believing that others do not wish to be informed about such things. They just want to see “number move in good direction.” The stats unfortunately prove that. Most marketing material now is basically lying through omission.

Eh, that may just promote a lot of “What are your opinions about x” posts where the first comment is the ad. Suppose it’s an open call to list alternatives though.

Ironically, my first instinct to opening that page and seeing it’s unusual layout and density on mobile was to switch to the reader view. Immediately getting hit with the cyphertext output. Cool, I guess.