Cursor Recounts 20 Years of Git Infrastructure, Treating Its Storage Like a Database
Cursor engineer Vicent Martí published a widely praised long-form post reviewing 20 years of Git infrastructure evolution. It explains how the company designs and operates its self-built Git hosting system Origin as if it were a database.
2026-08-19 ~ 2026-08-20 · 3 related posts
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