Six org layers later, 'some guy called Kevin' approves: Google's prop drilling
Aizkmusic · x · 2026-10-04
A viral tweet traces how a Google approval allegedly travels: Sundar tells his Chief of Staff, who pings the SVP of Platforms, who relays to the VP of Google Play, escalating to Trust & Safety — until, six org layers later, "some guy called Kevin" hits Approve. A reply adds the dev in-joke: "In React we'd call this prop drilling," comparing org-layer message passing to the infamous React anti-pattern.
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