In this context it adds more signal than noise. There are zillions of open source projects but when you need to use them in production a very small subset of this universe is ready.
> It indicates that the project is worth a closer look rather than waiting or dismissing it outright.
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I'm curious, could you explain why? Google is an incredibly large company with many developers who never even touch their data systems so to me saying ex-Googler really doesn't mean anything beyond that they're probably a senior developer considering how rigorous (and honestly some old hat) their interview process is. But that doesn't change my viewpoint of the project at all.
