Rumors are Azure DevOps and GitHub are converging "soon", and maybe "Project Cyclops" wasn't specifically to improve Microsoft/Windows repo performance, but it seems reasonable given the convergence rumors it could be a step in the direction of preparing for/migrating the repo to GitHub. Of course Microsoft doesn't want to panic Enterprise developers on Azure DevOps just yet so they are extremely quiet right now about any convergence efforts, so I take the rumors with a grain of salt. It is something that I wish Microsoft would properly announce sooner rather than later as it might provide momentum towards GitHub in capital-E Enterprise development world (even if will panic those that are still afraid of GitHub for whatever reasons).