(I don't work at Buf, but happen to be able to answer this) - the post at [1] describes the rationale for wanting something different than the Google compiler.

(I don't work at Buf, but happen to be able to answer this) - the post at [1] describes the rationale for wanting something different than the Google compiler. To my mind I'd rather have something written in Go that I can pull in and version using `go.mod` instead of having to special case a single tool, as well. [1]: https://docs.buf.build/reference/internal-compiler https://docs.buf.build/reference/internal-compiler