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bhouston • today at 3:45 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

Another way to avoid having to maximize download speed is to use a global git cache per machine in a similar way that pnpm optimizes installing packages:

https://git-dedup.ben3d.ca


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xyse53 • today at 4:47 AM

This doesn't work if the pulls are happening in swarms of ephemeral sandboxes.

Also, maybe FUD, but is there anything useful to learn from (p)npm other than cautionary tales?