Storing big data in git is an appealing idea -- until you actually try to do it. This talk will discuss the problems of using git this way, and how git-annex solves them, as well as adding other features, like storing a git repository's data encrypted, in the cloud.

I'll tell the story of how being stuck behind a dialup modem in 2010, and wanting an excuse to write my first Haskell program, led to being funded on Kickstarter in 2012 to continue developing it into something that approaches or exceeds the capabilities of DropBox.