Why agent-scale Git forces GitHub to rebuild its storage layer
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Agents committing after every action push write throughput, merge contention, and read fan-out beyond what GitHub's five-replica quorum design handles. The post gives real growth numbers and explains why durability must be separated from read scale.
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AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
