In a reflective piece, the author shares their personal journey of transitioning from familiar development tools to a new set that included Git, GitHub, a MacBook Pro, and IntelliJ upon starting a new job in 2014. Despite initial discomfort and challenges adapting from a Windows environment and tools like SVN, the author grew to appreciate the new tools for their productivity and efficiency. This transition mirrors the broader move by the OpenJDK community from Mercurial to Git and GitHub for hosting repositories, as outlined in JEP 357 and JEP 369. The migration aims to tap into GitHub's extensive developer community, streamline workflows, and enhance collaboration through GitHub's robust API and integration capabilities. The piece highlights the strategic decision to maintain familiar workflows for existing contributors while opening doors for new contributors familiar with Git and GitHub, reflecting a broader industry trend toward adopting widely-used, flexible, and integrated development tools.