This is a bit technical, but here in this video, Brandon Keepers from github is discussing how one can use git/github as their database. In a previous post, we discussed how Tate museum in UK is using github to store the data of their collection [Ar].
Abuse your tools, and imagine how to make them better.
This video will give you more insight about git internals, and it also help you think how one can abuse his tools and make use of them in ways there were never designed for.
All Your Base – Brandon Keepers from White October on Vimeo.
The slides for Brandon Keepers’ presentation are published here.