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The AI built a source control system that benchmarks 12 and 82 times faster than the standard

Had the AI build an open-source source control system, benchmarked on a 100k-file monorepo as 12x faster sparse checkout and 82x higher concurrent land throughput than git.

How it works

  1. He has the AI build an open-source source control system
  2. Benchmarked on a 100,000-file monorepo at 12x faster sparse checkout and 82x higher concurrent landing throughput than the standard tool

Why it’s worth knowing

Benchmarking on a monorepo that size is a claim with its sleeves rolled up.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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