Analytics was started by Edward Kmett in response to a question by Alec Heller about if he should use bound to implement datalog. It has since somewhat expanded in scope.
bytes was spun out of work that was being done on the analytics repository, mainly because Edward was sick of duplicating code to work with binary and cereal.
You can watch contributors carry on the quest for bragging rights in the contributors graph.
Omission from this list is by no means an attempt to discount your contribution.
Thank you for all of your help!
-Edward Kmett