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Google Fires CLI Maxxxxxing Engineer

by Larry Chiang on June 25, 2026



Justin Poehnelt was fired by Google two months ago after creating the Google Workspace CLI, which rapidly gained thousands of GitHub stars, hit #1 on Hacker News, and attracted many users as an agent-friendly tool for Drive, Gmail, Calendar, and other APIs.


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•  Initial interest from Google leaders gave way to legal scrutiny over branding and logo use, driven by broader fears of AI agents disrupting Workspace, with the ironic timing of Google’s official CLI announcement two days prior.image2.jpeg

•  After nearly 7 years at Google with strong team support, Poehnelt publicly shares the story for personal healing and ownership, accompanied by a screenshot of positive reactions from tech influencers.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​


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