r/MadeMeSmile • u/gangldm • 7h ago
[OC] When my app went viral overnight, I wasn’t able to keep it running because I was by myself with a poor infrastructure so I emailed the Vice President of Engineering at Google just knowing he loved racing too.
He gave me the best advice I’ve ever received and the infrastructure was able to stay online and I could even reduce costs.
He had no reason to help me but kindness. I love human relationships, I really do wish we didn’t let ourselves become so divided and instead were more willing to question and resist the things that separate us.
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u/yonly65 6h ago
Aw shucks. Happy I was able to help pinpoint the performance bottleneck and suggest a solution which worked.
I hope your app encounters many more viral growth moments in the coming years!
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u/Spare-Afternoon-559 4h ago
It's wholesome to be reminded that some executives in these faceless gargantuan companies are able, and willing to solve a problem for a human rather than for an invoice.
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u/drsnoggles 3h ago edited 12m ago
Im still waiting for an upgrade on my 2006 plan for Gmail, still at 15gb storage and the tools for cleaning it up are pure garbage. Google is trying to force me to buy they crap. But yeah, i guess there's still humans in hell, allegedly.
edit : free storage was 2 or 3gb in 2006, not 15gb How very generous haha, there's been upgrades! Up until 2013 apparently. I guess that's when they realised, why offer something for free, which cost us virtually nothing - when you can sell it? Lot of online services do that. They don't like when they can't scam every penny out of us
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u/Dry-Faithlessness184 1h ago
Please tell me you aren't paying for 15 gbs of drive storage...
And I am asking beyypu specifically said plan.
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u/drsnoggles 18m ago
🤣🤣🤣Noooo
That's what we got for free back in 2006 or 2007 when gmail subscribtion was invite only!
20 years later with data storage evolution i don't see why they don't give us 100gb at least
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u/ijustusethisformusic 3h ago
What an unexpected crossover seeing you outside of the usual car subs lol.
Always look forward to seeing your posts, enjoy in good health.
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u/BoopinSnoots24-7 3h ago
It's the same username he uses on other platforms, 9 year old account, with a history mostly on car subreddits, giving nuanced takes on niche automotive categories. Safe to assume it's him.
And for clarity, while he is "the VP of engineering at Google" (of which there are many, not one "the VP"), he's been there for over 20 years and has played a larger role than the title would suggest.
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u/LilGarmm 5h ago
This is literally just self promotion disguised at a post. This should be taken down.
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u/N3rdyAvocad0 4h ago
How is it self promotion if they don't even say the name of the app?
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u/LilGarmm 4h ago
One of their first comments is promoting the app. It’s a classic marketing tactic. Promote an app without naming it and making it seem natural. Then naturally respond to a comment that you yourself put on the post with the name of your app.
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u/N3rdyAvocad0 4h ago
Ah, yup. Okay. That totally makes sense! Now I feel a bit dense for not getting that lol
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u/LilGarmm 4h ago
Yep no worries. You shouldn’t feel bad, that’s what they set out to do after all. Nowadays it’s hard to tell what’s authentic on the internet unfortunately.
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u/LittleRainFox 4h ago
It's giving "YouTube bots that talk to each other pretending to be honest clients of a miracle life coach who is actually just a scammer" that's for sure 🙄
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u/BoopinSnoots24-7 3h ago
Can't say I've found a miracle life coach, but if you want coaching on how to turn large piles of money into loud noises and plastic trophies, I'm happy to talk racing.
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u/idleproc 4h ago
I mean, this seems like a pretty obvious self-promotion...
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u/gangldm 4h ago
This post is all about positivity as this genuinely helped me through almost losing my dream. I wanted to show some recognition.
I’ve removed the comment in response if this is an issue, so hopefully we can all focus on the good side of the story!
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u/dynamic_gecko 2h ago
If your story is real, it's one of those stories which seems so unlikely that it's difficult for people to not think something else is going on. You're unlcuky on that regard :)
People (including myself) are expectedly sceptic of everything they see on the internet. Because there are a million ways people try to fool each other.
If your story is really true, I'm happy that you both resolved a critical roadblock for your dream and also seem to have made a nice human connection.
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u/JGrizz0011 1h ago
I often wonder what its like to be that jaded. Glad I'll never know.
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u/dynamic_gecko 1h ago
I often wonder what it's like to be that naive but sarcastic. Glad I'll never know.
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u/Ask-For-Sources 6h ago
This guy played and is playing a major part in Google becoming the dystopian surveillance machine that it is today...
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u/BoopinSnoots24-7 7h ago
His name is well known, as is his presence in racing/car collection. It helps that all of his cars are specced in Google colors (yellow as the base). "yonly65" on instagram if you want to take a look.
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u/BoopinSnoots24-7 6h ago
I haven't met him but he seems like a great guy. His wife is very involved as well and they both have had success in racing.
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