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I had the exact same reaction. I really had to read for a long time (including code) before deciding it was real. "infinitely faster" confused me too.

[kentonv]

I originally released it on April 1st, 2013, with the announcement post:

So, uh… I have a confession to make.

I may have rewritten Protocol Buffers.

Again.

[Keyframe]

Add that as a tag line.

I may have rewritten Protocol Buffers, but infinitely faster.

[otoburb]

Although this is listed on the introduction page, the author is also the same person that co-founded Sandstorm.io[1].

[1] https://sandstorm.io/about

[draw_down]

Mmhmm.