There are plugins for JetBrains and VSCode

https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/19664-radicle

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=radicle-...

Over time, I’d expect trusting the tool to be more and more trustworthy as more and more eyeballs can review the tool.

Whereas having to trust people, especially as people cycle in and out over time can be inherently stochastic.

I don't know, for me when I get involved with a project, I'm more likely to be aware of the people involved with it than the place where they host it.

I understand that the disruption Radicle wants to bring is to divorce projects from their developers, but that sounds so foreign to me, that I can't wrap my head around it. I can see its use in some cases: abandoned projects, unethical behaviour from maintainers, but not to the extent where a new platform is required.

Maybe that's why I'm being such a Negative Nancy. I hope u/cloudhead didn't consider my replies too aggressive. :)

It’s independent.

No need for crypto/digital currency whatsoever.

From a technical standpoint, Radicle (P2P git protocol) is not related to $RAD.

$RAD is the token of the organization that has been funding Radicle over the years.

If the RAD token has nothing to do with their product, why does it have value? Did/do they have some other product that uses the token?

There is governance value in the token. Whoever holds that token can vote on Radworks governance proposals.