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Version Control Second Coming(psantosl.github.io)
1 points by sasham 10d ago|0 comments
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by sasham 3mo ago
The issues they want to address are already solved in Diversion ( https://diversion.dev ). Granted it's not open source yet, but that isn't usually a priority for game/entertainment studios - having a complete plat
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by sasham 5mo ago
Thanks for the tip! Just did, everything seems to work. Maybe Webflow had a glitch?
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by sasham 5mo ago
We're barely starting to see AI's impact on infra - probably <1% of what's coming. Repo hosting as it is today won't scale - it needs to be rebuilt from the ground up, starting with basic architecture. And I don'
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by sasham 5mo ago
Perforce still exists and doing well, just because Git can't handle binary files and large repos. Which is a silly limitation these days.
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The Compounding Effect of Version Control Performance(diversion.dev)
3 points by sasham 1y ago|0 comments
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by sasham 1y ago
I'm one of the founders of https://diversion.dev . It's a version control used mainly by game developers, but also by some audio and video artists. Its advantages over git for music production - 1) it works with large b
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by sasham 1y ago
I'm sorry but your argument is defeated by the reality that there was a Hudna on October 7th, and Hamas broke it with a brutal attack killing and kidnapping hundreds of civilians ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octo
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by sasham 3y ago
Fixed
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by sasham 3y ago
Ooops! We built a new site and now it's broken. Thanks for flagging! Fixing, it will be available here: http://www.diversion.dev/blog/rss.xml
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by sasham 3y ago
Interesting! So you basically implemented something similar to git LFS, correct? Can I ask what's your usecase and why not use LFS instead?
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by sasham 3y ago
Thank you very much for the thoughtful comment! You're exactly right - Diversion's goal is to improve things such as what you mentioned. Moreover, we're aiming to build a flexible system that can be extended and improved furt
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by sasham 3y ago
Thanks for the feedback! Point taken. The intro video is really just scratching the surface, you're right. We'll post more in-depth videos soon.
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by sasham 3y ago
Thanks! I like GH Desktop as well, as a matter of fact our Web UI is a bit influenced by it :) The difference is that GHD is a GUI for git. It's quite good in hiding some of the complexity, but if you get a git error (like a diverged b
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by sasham 3y ago
Exactly. The number of companies that implemented their own merge queue is too damn high.
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by sasham 3y ago
Sorry, currently we're only offering Diversion as SaaS. I understand that some may prefer to self-host, this might be an option in the future.
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by sasham 3y ago
Like any validation - LOTS and LOTS user interviews. We found out that general software devs are mostly ok with git (many of them hate it, but they manage). They are interested in real-time collaboration features that we can offer, but thes
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by sasham 3y ago
Thanks for the feedback! Transfer is a challenge for sure. Can I ask how do you do remote work with on-prem?
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by sasham 3y ago
The advantages are that it's much easier to set up, manage and use, and less expensive. You're right, the FAQ should reflect this better.
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by sasham 3y ago
Done!
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by sasham 3y ago
That's interesting!! Does the license prohibit any use of cloud to store the assets? Or private cloud is OK?
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by sasham 3y ago
Why the worst? Microsoft is a more serious competitor to game studios with Xbox Game Studios and now Activision Blizzard. (And yet they do use Azure). You definitely have a point reg vendor lock, we've planned for this and Diversion wi
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by sasham 3y ago
Totally agree, it won't be easy. Companies do pay for GitHub/GitLab/Perforce though, and for indie devs there's the free tier. I think what made git really take off is actually GitHub's free tier/OS hosting, an
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by sasham 3y ago
Totally agree, and the launch post could only be that long :) We're trying to build a better dev experience, and the tech is only a means to that end. > If most of your features are only available in a browser, I'm not going to
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by sasham 3y ago
> Just how "cloud-native" are we talking here? So we're entirely serverless, using distributed cloud storage and DBs. Basically Diversion is up as long as you don't have a major AWS outage (happens, but rarely). >
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by sasham 3y ago
I think Google Docs are doing a pretty good job there! I personally can't stand both Word and Excel so totally agree
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by sasham 3y ago
Thanks for the support! Reminded me of https://xkcd.com/1597/ I wonder why git became such a divisive issue, nobody seemed to have such strong feelings about SVN :D
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by sasham 3y ago
To put into perspective, that was in 2014 :D There were no branch protections, and git was even harder to use. Plus everyone was new at git, obviously (we started in 2013 with mercurial, which was still a legit thing to do, and switched to
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by sasham 3y ago
Thanks for the feedback! We're offering a private cloud option for large customers, from many conversations this is OK for most of them. And adding a daily backup to any location is actually very easy. > At least with git there are
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by sasham 3y ago
Right now we're trying to get it to users who prefer something that just works, and don't want to think about hosting. But you can actually run Diversion in a container (that looses distributed storage and DBs, which means it won&

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