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PJ Hyett

PJ Hyett co-founded GitHub, the platform for hosting and collaborating on software projects. He has written about its engineering and infrastructure, including repository scaling and performance improvements to its Ruby-based Git tools.

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Co-founded GitHub with Chris Wanstrath and Tom Preston-Werner. Authored writing on GitHub’s products, engineering practices, and company development.

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How GitHub’s management built an environment for programmer creativity

A published interview with Hyett on GitHub’s approach to collaboration, product growth, and team organization.

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github.blog

Scaling Lesson #23742

An account of GitHub’s repository-storage redesign as the service grew, with concrete details on its sharding approach.

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github.blog

Supercharged Ruby-Git

Explains a performance bottleneck in GitHub’s Ruby tooling and the work to improve response times and memory use.

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inc.com

Candyland for Code Collaborators

A feature on GitHub’s founding and early bootstrapping, including Hyett’s account of the company’s difficult early period.

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PJ Hyett

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How GitHub’s management built an environment for programmer creativity

Scaling Lesson #23742

Supercharged Ruby-Git

Candyland for Code Collaborators

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How GitHub’s management built an environment for programmer creativity

Scaling Lesson #23742

Supercharged Ruby-Git

Candyland for Code Collaborators

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