Daily Reading List – November 14, 2023 (#204)

Today we have some good architectural content as well as material for your strategic planning. Dig in!

[blog] Retrieval Augmented Generation in Go. When you try and build something from scratch, you make all sorts of observations. Eli saw that Go is a good choice for RAG apps given that they’re primarily about data processing. Which Go is good at.

[article] GitHub’s all-in bet on AI may overlook Git. Did GitHub take their eye off their core mission to chase AI? Probably not, but social coding isn’t yet a solved problem!

[blog] Building a cross-cloud architecture for Spanner. This is an excellent, pragmatic post that walks through multiple ways that you can securely access our best-in-class database service from other clouds.

[article] Cloud buyers need bundled services, not siloed features. It’s not just cloud buyers. Many companies are looking to simplify and consolidate, and that means more complete product experiences.

[docs] Access private Google Kubernetes Engine clusters from Cloud Build private pools using Identity Service for GKE. This offers a solid walkthrough of how to implement a common scenario for secure software delivery.

[article] Kotlin keeps climbing the Tiobe popularity index. This Java alternative continues to gain mindshare. Have you tried it yet?

[blog] Beyond GovClouds: Building a Secure, AI-Enabled Government. Assertive point-of-view, and I’m here for it. GovClouds are a pale comparison to public clouds and represent a legacy approach.

[article] How one line of code caused a $60 million loss. Yikes. Story from decades ago, but a reminder at how expensive deployment mistakes can be. Here’s a story from this week.

[blog] Accelerating generative AI around the world with new data residency guarantees. We’re trying to ensure that you can safely use generative AI around the world.

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