[suppressingfire]

And protobuf.

No, wait, that was someone else.

:-)

[bootload]

"protobuf"

https://twitter.com/KentonVarda

[kentonv]

Now now, I didn't actually invent it, just rewrote and open sourced it... :)

[bootload]

"... didn't actually invent it ..."

Kenton, agreed but close enough. Implementation in code has more value than the specification.