A Mysterious Meeting Back in September 2012, I was a junior engineer at Google, working on Bazel (Google’s build tool, also known internally as Blaze). One day, a mysterious calendar invite landed in my inbox. It was sent by two engineers in the US, and I was invited along with my team lead. I quickly recognized the names: Rob Pike and Russ Cox. Though I hadn't worked with them, I knew them by reputation: Russ Cox because I enjoyed reading his blog posts, and Rob Pike because, well… he’s famous....