It’s something like 60 working days until Google Cloud Next ’25 in Vegas. Just typing that made me black out for a minute. Lots to do, but it’s going to absolutely unforgettable. Hope to see you there!
[paper] How is Google using AI for internal code migrations? What a neat story. Read this new paper to learn how our Google Ads business used AI to speed up their code migration by 50%.
[blog] 2025 Predictions from the Condensing the Cloud Team. As you’d expect, there’s a lot of AI in these predictions from the Battery Ventures folks. I agree with most of them.
[article] Technology Trends for 2025. This one’s based on real data based on what classes people are taking on O’Reilly’s learning platform. Some surprises here.
[blog] Open Models on Vertex AI with Hugging Face: Serving multiple LoRA Adapters on Vertex AI. This is an important, but fairly sophisticated, topic. Ivan does a good job explaining the fundamentals here.
[blog] Noteworthy AI Research Papers of 2024 (Part Two). More papers to add to your must-read list.
[article] Enabling Developer Productivity: Intentional Evolution of the Platform. Insightful talk from my colleague Jennifer.
[article] Google’s Gemini AI just shattered the rules of visual processing — here’s what that means for you. This site is so aggressive with ads and visual flair, but still publishes content I get value from.
[blog] How do interruptions impact different software engineering activities? What happens when tasks like code writing, code comprehension, and code reviews get interrupted? Some interesting findings here.
[blog] C4A, the first Google Axion Processor, now GA with Titanium SSD. Completely absurd storage performance for those doing real-time data processing.
[blog] Spanner PostgreSQL performance benchmarking. Is there overhead to using the PostgreSQL adapter for Cloud Spanner? This analysis takes a look.
[article] Why Software Developers Need to Build Their Personal Brand. You don’t have to do lame, weird stuff to build out a brand. Just do more work in public, authentically.
[blog] Vertex AI RAG Engine: A developers tool. Retrieval Augmented Generation as-a-Service is an underrated big deal. There’s a lot of expertise and machinery required for DIY.
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