Inside GitHub's new Git storage architecture
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Inside GitHub's new Git storage architecture was first seen on Lobsters · Hottest on Nov 6, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 77 checks on 3 different days. Its best position was #3 of 25, reached on Nov 6, 22:21 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 8, 08:51 UTC. The same link also trended on Hacker News, which raises its cross-platform score.
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maybe GitHub can manage 2 9s of uptime now... https://isgithubcooked.com/ has become a valuable resource since Github's status page is often inaccurate
GitHub has been [continuously](https://github.blog/engineering/architecture-optimization/building-git-infrastructure-for-agent-scale-development/) [writing](https://github.blog/engineering/architecture-optimization/the-bridge-to-agent-scale-git-infrastructure/) about scaling up their infrastructure to accommodate the…
I haven't been able to find a ton of information about jj's storage formats, but I don't get the feeling they were trying to solve git scalability, but rather usability problems. (Edit: and, sadly, the docs on how it stores and uses data are quite lacking -- they vaguely handwave about the internal implementation…
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#3 on Lobsters · Hottest, on Nov 6, 22:21 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.
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It was first seen on Nov 6, 2026 and has been on the list on 3 days (77 checks) since.