Why data storage will cease being cheap: https://blog.dshr.org/2014/05/talk-at-seagate.html (h/w has stopped improving exponentially!)
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Multihash is a rather nifty format for hashes, where you can distinguish between e.g. a SHA1 and a Blake2b: https://multiformats.io/multihash/
It originates from the IPFS project, where they want flexibility in how they implement content-addressable storage.
Git repositories have the lovely properties that deletes aren't propagated. Shared/cloud storage sync deletes across devices.
Accidentally deleting content in a local git repo, and even pushing it, is a safe operation.
GitHub actions is really polished: it groups outputs by command, has good support for build matrices, and a growing ecosystem.
It's a big feature that lets GitHub avoid being a simple git storage service. Issues are nice, but much more easily migrated.