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Just to tie a few other things together, kentonv was the primary author of Google's Protocol Buffers, and current author of open-source Cap'n Proto [1]. While

Just to tie a few other things together, kentonv was the primary author of Google's Protocol Buffers, and current author of open-source Cap'n Proto [1]. While at Google, he initiated the Jeff Dean Facts prank [2], and in his spare time part-designed his own LAN-party-optimized house. [3] So, you know, if he thinks he can provide a differentiating hosting platform, I'd have a glance. [1] http://kentonv.github.io/capnproto/ http://kentonv.github.io/capnproto/ [2] https://plus.google.com/+KentonVarda/posts/TSDhe5CvaFe https://plus.google.com/+KentonVarda/posts/TSDhe5CvaFe [3] http://kentonsprojects.blogspot.com/2011/12/lan-party-optimized-house.html http://kentonsprojects.blogspot.com/2011/12/lan-party-optimi...

kentonv 12y ago
Oh my. Thanks! Just need to correct one thing: I didn't invent Protobufs (Jeff Dean and his colleague Sanjay Ghemawat did), but I did write most of version 2 and was responsible for open sourcing it.
- AceJohnny2 12y ago
  Thanks for the correction! In a way, it's kind of demoralizing that it's actually yet another product of the Jeff & Sanjay Brain Trust. It highlights how much they're in a league of their own, unattainable. That said, my googler friends say they much prefer ProtoBufs v2 ;)
  - kentonv 12y ago
    Part of the reason Jeff and Sanjay invented half the tech at Google is that they're incredibly smart. The other part is that they were there very early on, and basically have had free reign to spend their time however they want. Of course they spend it all inventing things, which means they output a lot of awesome stuff. Certainly not just any hacker can produce the kind of quality work they do, but I think there are a lot of other very smart people at Google and elsewhere who could be doing similar things if given the same deal. But, most of those other people didn't bet on Google as early as Jeff and Sanjay did, so...
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jwise0 12y ago
And, of course, since it's in relatively small letters on that page, it is probably valuable to remind folks: Sandstorm is also being crowdfunded! [1] I've gone ahead and supported it, and I hope that you will too: Sandstorm is an application that I really want to run on my own machines, and giving Kenton et al the resources to develop it seems like a big step forward in building a truly /open/ cloud environment. [1] https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sandstorm-io-personal-cloud-platform https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sandstorm-io-personal-clo...

kentonv 12y ago

Oh my. Thanks! Just need to correct one thing: I didn't invent Protobufs (Jeff Dean and his colleague Sanjay Ghemawat did), but I did write most of version 2 and was responsible for open sourcing it.

AceJohnny2 12y ago
Thanks for the correction! In a way, it's kind of demoralizing that it's actually yet another product of the Jeff & Sanjay Brain Trust. It highlights how much they're in a league of their own, unattainable. That said, my googler friends say they much prefer ProtoBufs v2 ;)
- kentonv 12y ago
  Part of the reason Jeff and Sanjay invented half the tech at Google is that they're incredibly smart. The other part is that they were there very early on, and basically have had free reign to spend their time however they want. Of course they spend it all inventing things, which means they output a lot of awesome stuff. Certainly not just any hacker can produce the kind of quality work they do, but I think there are a lot of other very smart people at Google and elsewhere who could be doing similar things if given the same deal. But, most of those other people didn't bet on Google as early as Jeff and Sanjay did, so...
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jwise0 12y ago

And, of course, since it's in relatively small letters on that page, it is probably valuable to remind folks: Sandstorm is also being crowdfunded! [1] I've gone ahead and supported it, and I hope that you will too: Sandstorm is an application that I really want to run on my own machines, and giving Kenton et al the resources to develop it seems like a big step forward in building a truly /open/ cloud environment. [1] https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sandstorm-io-personal-cloud-platform https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sandstorm-io-personal-clo...