plesiv's comments

On: Infinite Git repos on Cloudflare workers

[plesiv]

OP here. Oops, thank you for pointing that out! We weren’t aware of it. We will investigate ASAP. In the worst case, we’ll change our name.

[benatkin → plesiv]

Doesn't sound worse case to me. It could use a better name anyway.

[Spunkie → benatkin]

gitlip is not a good name, but you can be sure that if a new name does not include git it will be a worse name.

[benatkin → Spunkie]

How so? I think they'd want to make a more generic name, because their success so far seems to be in gluing a couple of things not directly related to git together. These are running WebAssembly on the server and using a centralized storage backend. Even if they're laser-focused on the same problem of multi-tenant version control, I wouldn't be surprised if they wanted to support using CRDTs in a similar matter down the road.

[xk3 → Spunkie]

right... they should call it Cloudflarelip /s

On: Infinite Git repos on Cloudflare workers

[plesiv]

Great question! By default, with libgit2 each write to a repo (e.g. push) will create a new pack file. We have written a simple packing algorithm that runs after each write. It works like this:

Choose these values:

* P, pack "Planck" size, e.g. 100kB

* N, branching factor, e.g. 8

After each write:

1. iterate over each pack (pack size is S) and assign each pack a class C which is the smallest integer that satisfies P * N^C > S

2. iterate variable c from 0 to the maximum value of C that you got in step 2

* if there are N packs of class c, repack them into a new pack, new pack is going to be at most of class c+1

On: Infinite Git repos on Cloudflare workers

[plesiv]

OP here. We're not an AI company; we're aiming to be AI-adjacent and simplify the practical application of AI models.

[ijamj → plesiv]

Honest question: how is this "AI-adjacent"? How does it specifically "simplify the practical application of AI models"? Focus of the question being on "AI"...

On: Infinite Git repos on Cloudflare workers

[plesiv]

OP here. Thank you and good catch! :-) We have a blog post planned on that topic.

On: Infinite Git repos on Cloudflare workers

[plesiv]

OP here. Not yet - it's about 50% complete. I plan to open-source it in the future.

[nbbaier → plesiv]

Definitely interested in seeing this as well. What are the key features?

On: Infinite Git repos on Cloudflare workers

[plesiv]

OP here. We’re building a new kind of Git platform. "Infinity" is more beneficial for us as platform builders (simplifying infrastructure) but less relevant to our customers as users.

On: Infinite Git repos on Cloudflare workers

[plesiv]

OP here. That’s expected for now, and we’re working on a solution. We didn’t explain the reason in the post because we plan to cover it in a separate write-up.

[yellow_lead → plesiv]

I see you haven't launched yet so that's fair. Looking forward to trying it

On: Infinite Git repos on Cloudflare workers

[plesiv]

Definitely! We're focused on launching right now, but once we have more bandwidth, we'd be happy to do it.

I believe our changes are solid, but they’re tailored specifically to our use case and can’t be merged as-is. For example, our modifications to libgit2 would need at least as much additional code to make them toggleable in the build process, which requires extra effort.

[abstractbeliefs → plesiv]

No free software no support. You don't have to merge it upstream right away, but publish it for others to study and use as permitted by the license.

On: Infinite Git repos on Cloudflare workers

[plesiv]

OP here.

It’s unlikely any Git providers struggle with the number of repos they're hosting, but most are larger companies.

Currently, we're a bootstrapped team of 2. I think our approach changes the kind of product we can build as a small team.

[rad_gruchalski → plesiv]

How? What makes it so much more powerful than gitea hosted on a cheap vps with some backup in s3?

Unless, of course, your product is infinite git repos with cf workers.

On: Faster CRDTs (2021)

[plesiv]

The cat runs, eats and has fur. The cat is a dog.

[jffhn → plesiv]

"Plato had defined Man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was applauded. Diogenes plucked a fowl and brought it into the lecture room with the words, "Here is Plato's man."" (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers)