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by MasterIQ 794 days ago

    Over-engineering indeed, but it does address actual problems.
    Primarily: Addressing what most browsers haven't well managed to handle: interaction with big files.
    E.g. huge database-like Plain Text: browsers typically fail with OOM (Out of Memory).

    I'll write a review of GitHub's delivery infrastructure when I have the time.