[jodrellblank]

They say it is at least one order of magnitude[1]; "our plan to increase GitHub’s capacity by 10X in October 2025 .. By February 2026, it was clear that we needed to design for a future that requires 30X today’s scale."

[1] https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/an-update-on-...

[ori_b]

Note the lack of concrete numbers on how much they have scaled. Somebody may have just asked an LLM for projections.

[codechicago277]

https://gitcharts.com shows ~310 million public repos today, vs. 250 million in April 2025 (according to the wayback machine).

Large increase, but nothing existential.

[Barbing]

Would Microsoft lawyers OK that?

GitHub would have obligations to MS investors to make accurate projections just like Microsoft itself, right?

[HWR_14]

I don't think it's an issue here. If the investor relations people put it out, it would be. But in this case it is closer to marketing.