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It is said that getting ripped off is the highest form of flattery.

The FOSDEM talk indeed addressed my worries.

I actually don't see the ping-pong merge as a personal accomplishment, it's not that novel a concept, at best I popularized it. The actual performance gain from it is minimal, maybe 1%, though that is perhaps the most interesting thing, that data moves are practically free. And I would like to take full credit for that observation!! :-)