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    Paul Bakaus

    paulbakaus.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2009

    Paul Bakaus, a web developer who worked at Google, writes about web performance, UI motion, canvas games, and AMP.

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    What HN says

    HN commenters link his canvas games post and his AMP misconceptions article; one disputes his claim that AMP being a Google project is a misconception.

    Stats for nerds
    24HN people shared it
    27linked in comments
    454story points
    Oct 2016last shared
    2012people per year2016

    Top posts on HN

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      10 Misconceptions about AMP
      1 person · 40 points · first shared 2016 · 48 comments on HN
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      1 person · 27 points · first shared 2009 · 24 comments on HN
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      3 people · 15 points · first shared 2014 · 1 comments on HN
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      1 person · 4 points · first shared 2012 · Discussion on HN
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      2 people · 3 points · first shared 2021 · Discussion on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • callahadOct 2016

      > #2: “AMP is a Google project”

      This is not a misconception. Literally every AMP "Core Committer" is a Google employee, all contributions are subject to a Google CLA which includes a patent grant, every AMP page must include a third party script hosted by Google, and it's impossible to opt-out of Google's AMP Cache, which preferentially links to and re-hosts your content on Google's servers instead of allowing you to receive and analyze your own traffic.

      AMP allows outside contribution, but it is absolutely a Google project.

      Edit: This point seems especially disingenuous since the author is a Google employee in Developer Relations: https://paulbakaus.com/about/. His job role is literally "Web Advocacy lead for AMP" https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbakaus.

    • mindhunterNov 2012

      Reminds me of Paul Bakaus' Aves Gaming Engine (also canvas based and isometric view).

      He was very active documenting his research on it's performance: http://paulbakaus.com/2010/07/19/why-canvas-is-not-an-obvious-choice-for-web-games/

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