Cursor's Deep Dive: Designing Git Storage Like a Database
stuffyokodraws · x · 2026-08-19
A highly recommended systems post by Cursor. It traces 20 years of Git infrastructure and explains how that history led to the design and operation of their Git storage, Origin, treating it like a database to handle reliability, performance, and scalability in the era of automated coding.
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