Jeff Dean facts: How a Google programmer became the Chuck Norris of the Internet.

Jeff Dean facts: How a Google programmer became the Chuck Norris of the Internet.

Jan. 23 2013 10:20 AM The Optimizer How Google's Jeff Dean became the Chuck Norris of the Internet. Courtesy Google. "The speed of light in a vacuum used to be about 35 mph. Then Jeff Dean spent a weekend optimizing physics."— Jeff Dean Facts Will Oremus is Slate's senior technology writer. Jeff Dean facts aren't, well, true. But the fact that someone went to the trouble to make up Chuck Norris-esque exploits about Dean is remarkable. That's because Jeff Dean is a software engineer, and software engineers are not like Chuck Norris. For one thing, they're not lone rangers—software development is an inherently collaborative enterprise. For another, they rarely shoot cowboys with an Uzi . Nevertheless, on April Fool's Day 2007, some admiring young Google engineers saw fit to bestow upon Jeff Dean the honor of a website extolling his programming achievements. For instance: Compilers don't warn Jeff Dean. Jeff Dean warns compilers. Jeff Dean writes directly in binary.

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