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> Making something like Git, or a file system, or a package manager? Test what happens with millions of objects! Test with, say, one of largest open-source pro
by Karellen 3y ago
> Making something like Git, or a file system, or a package manager? Test what happens with millions of objects!
Test with, say, one of largest open-source projects in existence at the time? Like, for instance, the Linux kernel?
- compiler-guy 3y agoThe kernel is big, but it isn't _that_ big in the grand scheme of things. The project from the original article here is bigger, and many companies have projects bigger than that.
- layer8 3y agoWhen Git was first released, the Linux kernel sources had less than 20,000 files. It currently has around 70,000 files. It’s not nothing, but it also isn’t millions.