GitHub's new Git storage architecture
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#9Peak rank
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191Score · 7d
Nov 6, 2026First seen
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- 154
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- Submitted by
- DAlperin
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- Nov 6, 2026
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- github.blog
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Trending history
GitHub's new Git storage architecture was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 6, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 72 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #9 of 30, reached on Nov 7, 16:54 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 7, 17:24 UTC. The same link also trended on Lobsters, which raises its cross-platform score.
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Where it trended
| List | Best | Days | Checks | Last seen |
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| Hacker News · Front page | #9 | 2 | 72 | |
| LLobsters · Hottest Inside GitHub's new Git storage architecture | same link | |||
From the discussion
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If I'm reading this right, this is (really solid) future planning but won't help with the current outages? I'd have thought so from the headline + initial content but then they say that the horizontal scale techniques are basically carrying over from the existing architecture (where it seems the problem is?) and this…
This looks a lot like Cursor's Continuity, though Github are reporting an order of magnitude greater write throughput. https://cursor.com/blog/git-at-any-scale
Most of this is similar to what https://enroute.sh already did scaling Git. https://enroute.sh/blog/everyone-is-doing-git-on-s3-wrong
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Is GitHub's new Git storage architecture trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 7, 17:24 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank GitHub's new Git storage architecture reached?
#9 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 7, 16:54 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has GitHub's new Git storage architecture been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 6, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (72 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
154 points and 34 comments; submitted by DAlperin on Nov 6, 2026.