Change++ Lore
The names of the Change++ presidents
Ashrit and Errita
The command to initialize a local git repo
git init
This company released Opus in 2024
Anthropic
API stands for
Application Programming Interface
This startup's models hacked Hugging face "on accident"
OpenAI
The number of Change++ projects this year
4?
The command used to switch branches before "switch"
git checkout
The venture fund that heavily invested in companies like Roblox, Github, and Coinbase
a16z
The result of 5==="5" in javascript
False
The payments company whose mission is to “increase the GDP of the internet.”
Stripe
When was Change++ founded
2019
The command to apply a single existing commit onto the current branch
git cherry-pick
The name of GitHub’s cat-and-octopus mascot
Mona
Size of a shared_ptr<T> in C++ on x64 systems
16 bytes
The startup that's known for creating an app to cheat on interviews
Cluely
Change++'s faculty advisor
Graham Hemingway
The difference between rebase and merge
Rebase: Linear/places commits from one branch onto another
Merge: Tree/combines two branches
Windows XP's default landscape wallpaper featuring rolling green hills is called
Bliss
The design pattern that involves having only one instance of a class
Singleton
Which YC-backed startup was founded by three Vanderbilt alum in 2025?
Atlog
The names of last year's presidents
Leo and Helen
The command(s) to completely reset a local repo back to the last commit
git reset --hard HEAD
git clean fd
The first GeForce graphics card Nvidia released
GeForce 256
Intel assembly syntax for moving 2 into the EAX register
move eax, 2
In October 2026, Supabase announced it was acquiring this company
Turso