GitFrame is a terminal user interface for reviewing Git diffs, browsing repositories, and exploring commit history while preserving Git context. It offers features like unified and side-by-side diff viewing, staging and committing changes, and branch comparison, installable via Homebrew or mise.
Reading code differs fundamentally from reading English text because code is ordered by computational requirements rather than narrative flow, is typically consumed as diffs rather than complete programs, and exhibits far greater structural complexity than literature. The article advocates for non-sequential "dyadic scanning" approaches—multiple passes tracing execution paths and dependencies—rather than front-to-back reading.