Github is unique in that the core logic is actually inside git itself - the real heavy lifting is handled in the git C code. RoR/github is just a pretty cover o

Github is unique in that the core logic is actually inside git itself - the real heavy lifting is handled in the git C code. RoR/github is just a pretty cover on top of that, which RoR does very nicely and why it manages to scale in that case. As always, right tool for the job.