Managing a cluster of machines that each need to clone a large repository? Wondering how you can make it faster to clone a Git repo on the other side of the world? In this post, you’ll learn how Git’s reference option can dramatically reduce clone times and bandwidth usage. You’ll also learn how Git handles missing objects when your reference is out of date.

As a monorepo grows in size, the performance often degrades. It’s the nature of Git. Thankfully, Git has some settings that you can use to improve the performance of your monorepo. This post covers some of the key settings and best practices for working with large monorepos.

Scaling systems is a process that is often counter-intuitive. It’s not just about adding more resources. It’s about understanding the bottlenecks and how to overcome them. After years spent troubleshooting highly scaled systems, I’ve learned a few things that can make the journey easier.

Not every application is running on the latest frameworks or newest technologies. Sometimes, that we have to move a legacy application to Azure. Let’s explore the secrets to making it perform and scale appropriately with modern cloud hosting technologies.

We know that the cloud is optimized for short, fast executions. In today’s we examine a common question – are long-running activities still safe?