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by atombender 2877 days ago
Not for most companies, but Github's scalability requirements are pretty extensive, and really cry out for something more sophisticated than the technologies you mention.

This stuff isn't exactly new; it's essentially the Maglev system described by Google in a 2016 paper. Other companies are now catching up to Google (which is of course 2+ years ahead).