Notable re author: “Addy Osmani is an Irish Software Engineer and leader currently working on the Google Chrome web browser and Gemini with Google DeepMind. A developer for 25+ years, he has worked at Google for over thirteen years, focused on making the web low-friction for users and web developers. He is passionate about AI-assisted engineering and developer tools. He previously worked on Fortune 500 sites. Addy is the author of a number of books including Learning JavaScript Design Patterns, Leading Effective Engineering Teams, Stoic Mind and Image Optimization.“
Also a winner of the Irish Young Scientist competition, 2 years before Patrick Collison. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Scientist_and_Technology...
I remember that win. Seemed super fishy at the time, with bizarre features like:
- "the World's first ever, fully featured DVD playing sidebar"
- "allowing users to send e-mails without needing to log-in to an account"
- "an AI (Artificial Intelligence) animated speech character named Phoebe"
Maybe this guy really did make a super original web browser with every bell and whistle as an independent sixteen year old. I never saw a release, so the mystery remains.
https://www.irishscientist.ie/2003/contents_contentxml-03p14...
In the web performance community, he's earned a well-deserved, stellar reputation.
He's published 11 books in the past 5 years?
Is he using AI assisted writing, too?
Some parts of the books are based on expended versions of blog posts.