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Yep, signals are signals, but I think it's quite complicated now. (In any case, this is still the embryonic era of LLMs). An interesting point to consider: an author that goes out …

So nice to see this get picked up, and honestly surprised to see the interest in what I think of as an extremely esoteric area. Few things: - Just released an Edition 1.1 that fixe…

Thanks much. I hoped that chapter would stand well on its own. That and the packfile chapter were the first I wrote, partly as a reference for myself!

"Shame" is a strong word to describe a free ebook written for the general good. Happy to have a live conversation with you anytime to discuss Git and its internals to ensure your t…

Thanks for the kind words, and checking out the book here. I'd written this piecemeal over the last year or so (originally a series of blog posts), and was happy to release it all …

"some book some java dudes wrote 20 years ago" — If you're referring to "Design Patterns", the Gang of Four were writing about C++, it was 1994, and Java wasn't out yet.

It makes it easier to calculate tips at restaurants in Palo Alto.

Capacity planning. It's a thing. Try it out.

The only question that I have is: How many GitHub engineers could pass a Google interview?

Let's go through some of your "points". The comparison with Torvalds is bizarre. Linus has done an enormous amount of self-promotion (warranted as it is), and even admits to having…