Some of his other projects:
[0] https://github.com/microsoft/garnet [1] https://github.com/microsoft/FASTER [2] https://github.com/microsoft/Trill
You managed to clone the repo an run your test by yourself, whatever the outcome is this is a plus against the standard model for scientific research.
Also, a breath of fresh air among every other show HN thread using hundreds of adjectives to describe the "behavior" of a fully vibed system. I think this is a good model for presenting engineering projects.
That's so true, which is kinda funny since one of the cornerstone of scientific thinking is reproducibility.
IMHO they're using the best tool for this, nix.