About
Daniel is a software engineer working for Outreach.io, where he takes care of its search infrastructure. Previously he had developed for many years in PHP and then in Python (in Seznam.cz). In 2020 he became interested in Golang and to dive more deeply into it he started an open-source project Gdu - fast disk usage analyser, which became quite popular and is now available in almost all operating systems and Linux distributions.
Session at Gophercamp 2026
Protobuf internals
Ever wondered how Protocol Buffers really work under the hood? In this talk, I’ll peek inside the wire format, explore VarInt encoding, and learn how to parse Protobuf messages in Golang, even without knowing their schema. Perfect for Gophers curious about low-level magic behind the scenes.