High Performance Git
High Performance Git by Ted Nymanby Ted Nyman
Shares rank 21 of 115 programming books by recommenders
Readers recommend it for clear, informative coverage of git internals and plumbing, though critics say parts read as LLM-generated text.
Readers recommend it for clear, informative coverage of git internals and plumbing, though critics say parts read as LLM-generated text.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 58%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Explains git internals and plumbing clearly
“I find the explanations from the sections I have limited knowledge of to be very informative”
Comment from 28 Apr 2026 in “Ted Nyman – High Performance Git” “it's explained some plumbing details that I somehow have missed all these years”
Comment from 28 Apr 2026 in “Ted Nyman – High Performance Git” Helpful, broad coverage with good content
“Article covers a lot and is very helpful!”
Comment from 28 Apr 2026 in “Ted Nyman – High Performance Git” “yet it also has great content”
Comment from 28 Apr 2026 in “Ted Nyman – High Performance Git”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Reads as AI-generated or unnatural prose
“it can be hard to distinguish it from any other LLM generated text”
Comment from 28 Apr 2026 in “Ted Nyman – High Performance Git” “it does not sound like a normal human but rather a monologue from a character trying to sound impressive”
Comment from 28 Apr 2026 in “Ted Nyman – High Performance Git” “another piece of LLM-generated slop on the front page of HN”
Comment from 28 Apr 2026 in “Ted Nyman – High Performance Git”
Other programming books people recommend
The four most recommended other programming books, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crafting Interpretersby Robert Nystrom | 60 | 4 | 94% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Clean Codeby Robert C. Martin | 31 | 87 | 26% | 9 | — | — |
| The Pragmatic Programmerby Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas | 28 | 1 | 97% | 7 | — | Approved |
| How to Design Programsby Matthias Felleisen and Robert Bruce Findler and Matthew Flatt and Shriram Krishnamurthi | 18 | 2 | 90% | 7 | — | Approved |
| High Performance Gitby Ted NymanThis page | 7 | 5 | 58% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“this sort of grammatical error in the defense of ai copyediting does not exactly instill confidence”
“I don't think it should be socially acceptable to perform a denial of service attack on people's attention.”
“There’s no of course here. You made a choice.”
“I find the explanations from the sections I have limited knowledge of to be very informative”
“it can be hard to distinguish it from any other LLM generated text”
“I think it's great and you should be doing it”
“a free ebook written for the general good”
“yet it also has great content”
“it does not sound like a normal human but rather a monologue from a character trying to sound impressive”
“another piece of LLM-generated slop on the front page of HN”
“Article covers a lot and is very helpful!”
“it's explained some plumbing details that I somehow have missed all these years”
“Perfect read for the project I'm working on, which uses git as an auditable backend storage!”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.