Daily Reading List – December 18, 2023 (#226)

I suspect that our bodies know when we’re “ready” to get sick. Last Friday, I had completed nearly all my big tasks for the year. So naturally, on Saturday I had 102.5 degree fever and slept for 10 hours. Feeling a bit better today, but I’m glad it’s going to be a quiet week!

[blog] Cross-cloud materialized views in BigQuery Omni enable multi-cloud analytics at scale. Here’s some unique new capabilities in Google Cloud that makes it easier to do cross-cloud analytics.

[blog] Using Gemini models from Go. Simple demo, but it shows how straightforward it is to consume the Gemini model from your Go code.

[blog] What User Interface Framework Should You Choose for .NET Desktop Applications? Goodness, there are way too many choices for .NET devs building desktop apps.

[blog] Cloud CISO Perspectives: How the AI megatrend can help manage threats, reduce toil, and scale talent. Here’s the latest links on security topics, plus some opinions on AI as a “megatrend” for security teams.

[blog] Let Code Speak for Itself. I’m not a “no comments” guy; even well-written code can benefit from a little extra context. But this short post reminds us not to abuse comments.

[article] Mentoring software engineers or engineering leaders. All of us could use mentorship, and many of us have something to offer as mentors ourselves. Maybe lean into both of those in 2024?

[docs] About custom targets. I read through these docs related to new functionality in Google Cloud Deploy. This continuously deployment tool just added “custom targets” which lets you use sophisticated CD capabilities for a variety of destinations. Initial samples include Terraform, GitOps, and Vertex AI.

[article] Web Development in 2023: JavaScript Still Rules, AI Emerges. Plenty of trends to look at for 2023, but here are a handful for web development.

[blog] Advancements in machine learning for machine learning. Using machine learning to improve machine learning? At some point there’s a problem, but it seems suitable for certain scenarios like this.

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