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		xboxnolifes 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Congratulations on creating the one billionth repo... Companies usually hide this type of information so competitors have a harder time determining if they are growing/shrinking/neutral.

blitzar 11 months ago | [–]

Companies usually hide this type of information so VC's / stonk investors will give them more money.

dietr1ch 11 months ago | [–]

And engineers thinking of scale would usually try to steer away from a sequential id because of self inflicted global locking and hot spots.

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