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AI scrapers strain Git infrastructure, raising self-hosting concerns

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The administrator of git.kernel.org has expressed concern over the significant resource demands placed on the service by AI data scrapers. To combat this, they utilize 90 CPU cores, dedicating a portion to rendering commits specifically for these scrapers, even with countermeasures like Anubis in place. This high resource requirement raises questions about the feasibility of smaller, self-hosted Git forges to manage similar AI-driven traffic. AI

IMPACT AI data scraping places significant strain on infrastructure, potentially limiting the viability of self-hosted services.

RANK_REASON The item is a commentary from a Git service administrator about the impact of AI scrapers on infrastructure.

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AI scrapers strain Git infrastructure, raising self-hosting concerns

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    This post is frankly depressing… The bottom line is that the only reason git.kernel.org can stay afloat despite the unrelenting assault by # AI # scrappers is t

    This post is frankly depressing… The bottom line is that the only reason git.kernel.org can stay afloat despite the unrelenting assault by # AI # scrappers is that they can rely on 90 CPU cores to run the service, so they can easily afford to have “ 14 –16 cores that are constant…

    LINKS people.kernel.org/…/creepy-crawlies

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