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Git 3.0's upcoming SHA-256 default will be a costly mistake

570 points · 536 comments · chmaynard

sigmar · 1790876455 · focus · HN ↗
>it will be an incomprehensibly expensive and ultimately valueless and avoidable global nightmare.
thought "costly" in the title and "incomprehensibly expensive" in the subheader meant this piece would discuss how much less performant sha-256 is on modern machines, but didn't see anything. isn't there hardware acceleration? how much worse is it?
1. mike_hearn · 1790877341 · focus · HN ↗
  He means costly in terms of human effort and wasted time.

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