How GitLab decreased repo backup times from 48 hours to 41 minutes with a fix to Git

https://lemmy.world/post/31005859

How GitLab decreased repo backup times from 48 hours to 41 minutes with a fix to Git - Lemmy.World

Lemmy

Nah, I was excited to read about the algorithmic change, but it turned out to be an obvious change. I would replace nested loops with a map too. The result is impressive, though.
Marketing departments love to make a huge deal out of this kind of thing, because they only see the big number improvement and don’t really understand that this was just some dev’s Wednesday afternoon.
I mean, it’s still really impressive upgrade even if technically it was a simple change, they are right to make a fuss about the change