why Google App Engine? I was recently lucky enough to attend Google Next 17 and got to learn about Google Cloud Platform from some ridiculously smart Google engineers. This included some amazing people like Kelsey Hightower, Jessie Frazelle, Alex Mohr, Niels Provos, Terrence Ryan,… These engineers are phenomenal in their areas of expertise and it was awesome to hear their talks. This isn’t even all inclusive, but wait there's more - https://www.