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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 a
by 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 agoThanks 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 agoPart 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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