truth be told, i was swimming in domain specific knowledge throughout
talk about skill issues 😭
this @github article is actually insane: https://github.blog/engineering/architecture-optimization/inside-githubs-new-git-storage-architecture

The GitHub BlogInside GitHub's new Git storage architectureGitHub's new Git storage architecture is built so thousands of agents can push to a single repository at once. Here's how it works.
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