Git at any scale

kept by eddie aug 20

Cursor argues Git’s packfile‑based design hinders scalable hosting and presents Continuity, a S3‑backed write‑ahead log system that enables linear, consistent replication.

Git at any scale
Cursor explains why Git's packfile design hinders scalable hosting, reviews past solutions like Spokes, and introduces Continuity, a S3‑based write‑ahead log system that provides linearizable, elastically scalable Git storage.
also on Spokes, #git, GitHub, #cloud-computing, #infrastructure, Cursor, #open-source, #developer-tools
Show HN: Turbolite – a SQLite VFS serving sub-250ms cold JOIN queries from S3
Turbolite is a SQLite VFS serving sub-250ms cold JOIN queries from S3 using B-tree-aware page grouping and compression.
also on S3, #cloud-computing, #open-source, #developer-tools
Exa AI Research Blog | Semantic Search & Neural Network Search Engine
Exa built exa-d, a data framework using typed columns, declarative dependencies, and surgical fragment updates to manage a real-time web index at scale.
also on S3, #infrastructure
Coding Agents & Complexity Budgets
Lee Robinson migrated cursor.com from a CMS to raw code using AI coding agents in three days for $260, arguing that AI reduces the cost of complexity.
also on #git, GitHub, Cursor, #developer-tools
We're launching code storage and git hosting. Origin gives teams and agents a place to host, review, and collaborate on code. Available th
Cursor announces Origin, a code storage and git hosting service for teams and AI agents, launching this fall.
also on #git, #infrastructure, Cursor, #developer-tools