The Friendship That Made Google $1.8 Trillion

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Try Recraft today: https://go.recraft.ai/kapur // In March 2000, Google faced a crisis that nearly ended the company before it truly began. At the center of this story are two engineers you've probably never heard of: Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat. They weren't executives or managers—they were individual contributors, quietly writing code behind the scenes. Together, their friendship and incredible coding skills didn't just save Google from disaster—they transformed it into the internet powerhouse we know today. This is the untold story of how two friends built the technology that powers billions of searches, YouTube videos, emails, and AI queries every day—and how their partnership changed Google, and the internet, forever. Welcome back to Tech Unmasked, a series where I reveal what's really happening behind tech's biggest stories. If you enjoyed this, make sure you subscribe and follow me on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/namankapur) for more. Check out Recraft: https://go.recraft.ai/kapur (Code: KAPUR12) 🔗 Grab my resume template: https://557542485850.gumroad.com/l/wgzga Follow me @ https://www.instagram.com/namanhkapur/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:15 - Tech Unmasked 1:32 - Chapter 1: The Day Google Almost Broke 5:57- Chapter 2: The Partnership That Built Google 7:15 - Recraft Shoutout (ad) 8:08 - Chapter 3: How Google Learned To Scale 10:01 - Chapter 4: The Quiet Architects of Google 11:29 - Chapter 5: The Friendship Behind Google My Equipment: Main Camera: https://amzn.to/3HpzZ92 Main Mic: https://amzn.to/3Nuyfz8 Main Lens: https://amzn.to/3ncJUId M1 Macbook Pro: https://amzn.to/3tjfkfJ iPhone 13 Pro: https://amzn.to/3xwsI2r Phopik 55'' Tripod: https://amzn.to/3zmL6vZ Deity V-Mic D4 Duo: https://amzn.to/3zoF126 Boom Mic Stand: https://amzn.to/3H1IOEw Audio Cable Extension: https://amzn.to/3MrBcfH TRS to TRRS Patch Cable: https://amzn.to/3mvDSy6 3.5 mm Headphone Jack Adapter: https://amzn.to/3MwX0GG Resources: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18588697 https://github.com/ghemawat/stream https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16744353 https://x.com/JeffDean/status/1699203337923555776 https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/12/10/the-friendship-that-made-google-huge?__twitter_impression=true https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Dean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjay_Ghemawat https://research.google/people/sanjayghemawat/?&type=google https://research.google/people/jeff/?&type=google https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz4JZodD7z0&ab_channel=DwarkeshPatel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0gjI__RyCY&ab_channel=DwarkeshPatel Transcript: https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/jeff-dean-and-noam-shazeer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH74gNeryhQ&ab_channel=GoogleDeepMind https://cse.umn.edu/college/feature-stories/jeff-dean-googles-unsung-hero https://www.quora.com/How-did-Google-s-top-coders-Jeff-Dean-and-Sanjay-Ghemawat-became-such-close-friends https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16744764 https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.wired.com/2012/08/google-as-xerox-parc/ https://horkan.com/2024/08/20/mapreduce-a-20-year-retrospective-on-how-jeffrey-dean-and-sanjay-ghemawat-revolutionised-data-processing https://www.facesofopensource.com/jeff-dean/ https://www.informatika.bg/jeffdean https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/45g4he/googles_most_badass_engineer_jeff_dean_facts/ https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//people/jeff/stanford-295-talk.pdf https://usesthis.com/interviews/jeff.dean/ https://x.com/JeffDean/status/1792501550046175356 https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//archive/mapreduce-osdi04.pdf https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jeff+dean Disclosure: Some of the above links are affiliate links. Using these links is one of the best ways to support me at no cost to you! Sub count: 244,104 #softwareengineer #google #tech #story #friendship