Daily Reading List – August 28, 2024 (#386)

I paid for yesterday’s light-meeting day with a heavy-meeting day today. Well-played, calendar gods. But I also read some great content, and even had time for some quick demos about AI-generated data insights and attached volumes on a serverless app.

[blog] New in Gemini: Custom Gems and improved image generation with Imagen 3. Here’s a good update for those that want personalized assistants, or some premium image generation.

[blog] Gemini Chat App. Simon used Claude to write a small app that uses our latest Gemini 1.5 model versions. He also opines that people who don’t see value in using AI assistance for programming are missing something.

[article] Why Cynics Are Less Likely to Succeed. It’s not hard to be cynical, but operating in a mode of trust and cooperation is not just good for your mental well-being, it’s better for your career.

[blog] What is the Open Source Alternative to CockroachDB? When license changes happen, other vendors/projects jump in. Denis at Yugabyte offers up a case for using their database as a drop-in replacement.

[blog] Building an AI-Powered CLI with Golang and Google Gemini. I’m definitely seeing more organic usage of the Gemini models. I guess that’s what happens when “quality models” meets “wildly generous free tier.”

[blog] Managing Angular. This is a high level view from the product lead for the popular JavaScript framework. OSS management is quite the job, whether you’re solo or working inside a big tech firm.

[article] Speak, Code, Deploy: What if voice was your primary tool for coding? I dunno. I’m hoping speech-to-text and chatbots are transient interfaces with AI. At least for the masses that don’t need that for accessibility reasons. I personally don’t want to talk to my computer, or be stuck “chatting” to get my work done.

[blog] Get started with the new generally available features of Gemini in BigQuery. *This* is how I want my AI. Melted into the products I use. These are great features for smarter analytics.

[article] Applying AI to the SDLC: New Ideas and Gotchas! – Leveraging AI to Improve Software Engineering. Good talk and transcript for those considering a more delivery-wide view of AI assistance in their software teams.

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