Company
Date Published
Author
Eddie Nuno
Word count
818
Language
English
Hacker News points
1

Summary

Replit has introduced Expandable Storage, a new storage infrastructure that removes the previous 1 GiB per-Repl limit and allows users to extend their storage capacity up to 256 GiB per Repl, with account-wide limits of 10 GiB for free users, 20 GiB for Hacker plan subscribers, and 50 GiB for Pro plan users. For those needing even more storage, à la carte options are available to expand up to 1 TiB. This change is facilitated by a new system called Margarine, which uses incremental snapshots to improve performance and manage larger Repls efficiently. The update addresses the increasing demand for storage, particularly from users moving from prototyping to developing full-fledged startups and AI applications on Replit. Users can monitor and manage their storage usage with new features like batch management for deleting unused Repls. Replit is leveraging this new capacity internally to showcase its potential, and the company encourages developers to experiment and scale their projects using the expanded storage capabilities.