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> In fact, while much of the content in the article has been written about before, it's still probably 2-3 years or more behind where Google is actually at. I left in 2010 and did't read about anything I had not experienced.

What if they just plateaued and didn't really go beyond what you had done when you were there, and this is totally accurate to today?

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As someone who just recently transferred out of Platforms[1] to another group at Google, I can assure you that the technology has not plateaued.

[1] Platforms is the group at Google that designs and builds the technology that goes into the data-centers.

I can believe this in a heartbeat. I know that if Platforms and datacenter/cluster management innovation stopped, I'd see a mass exodus of my Googler friends (as well as a very noticeable change in Google's products).

I concur. The platforms team are the only group at Google that consistently amaze me quarter after quarter.

It's not.

Source?

I work at Google.

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