Redesigning Source Control at Anthropic

Re:Redesigning Source Control at Anthropic by jsrozner on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @01:17PM (#50075271)

Often, I see 50 people all recording the same exact thing on their iphones. Rather than a single 200MB video, we create 10GB of data. Then I think about how many people are paying a subscription to Apple for icloud storage.

The amount of photo storage being used is impressive. Automatic backup to icloud and server provisioning to reliably store it all is also impressive. I just wonder if it makes sense.

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Re:Redesigning Source Control at Anthropic by Exoristos on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @01:27PM (#50075398)

Very little about modern technology "makes sense" in the way you mean. But it does currently make money.

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Re:Redesigning Source Control at Anthropic by jsrozner on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @02:28PM (#50076333)

Frenetic economic activity in service of other frenetic economic activity cannot, by itself, be taken as a reflection of quality-of-life improving growth.

Suppose that subsidies lead to the price of Ubers falling close to zero, with drivers also being incentivized to drive more to support the (artificial) increase in demand -- artificial because it is driven by subsidies funded by new money creation. Traffic increases and in response, new roads are built.

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Re:Redesigning Source Control at Anthropic by Gee101 on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @03:14PM (#50077057)

Is that not how Cloud storage vendors make money? They dedup all that data but still charge every individual for all their data.

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Re:Redesigning Source Control at Anthropic by xyzsparetimexyz on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @05:21PM (#50078953)

Instead of 5 people buying 5 copies of a t shirt that they only wear once a week, why don't they just buy 1 copy and share it?

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