It was a light meeting day, so I had opportunities to get some writing done while also recording internal demos of soon-to-be-released products. Oddly, with all this “open” time today, I didn’t read as much as usual. But I think you’ll find an item or two below that piques your interest.
[blog] A Guide to Tune Language Foundation Models in Google Cloud Generative AI Studio. Feel intimidated by the thought of “fine tuning a generative AI model”? I’m with you. But this post shows that it’s honestly not that much effort if you use a cloud platform like ours.
[article] Y’all Against My Lingo? Why Everyone Hates on YAML. I don’t have strong affection for any particular declarative format. After years of XML, JSON came along, now lots of folks rely on YAML. Is it the best? No. The worst? Nah.
[docs] Payload unwrapping for Pub/Sub push subscriptions. I really like this new feature of our messaging engine. Because we support push subscriptions, you can send messages to HTTP endpoints. Now, you have the option to strip the envelope and send the raw payload.
[blog] Supply chain security for Go, Part 3: Shifting left. If you’re starting an app from scratch, care about security, and have a choice in programming language, go with Go.
[article] What is reactive programming? Programming with event streams. This isn’t new, but could be new to you. Learn about this more dynamic pattern for your apps/code.
[blog] Cloud CISO Perspectives: Early July 2023. What does AI mean to the security field, and what’s new and exciting for security folks? Good edition of this twice-monthly brief.
[blog] DevOps Awards winner Improbable on “unleashing the full power of the cloud.” I like stories of real companies getting real results from the hard work of improving tech and practices. The DevOps Awards also revealed results from Deutsche Bank, Uber, VMO2, and Sabre.
[blog] Google Cloud Platform vs. AWS: A Cost Comparison Showdown. Nobody moves to an entirely new cloud purely for 5-10% cost savings, but if you have multiple in use, these price differences may have you bias towards one or the other.
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