I’m in Sunnyvale today talking to a customer, and now flying home. It was fun to be part of a product launch today (see first item below) and learn from our users.
[blog] Get coding help from Gemini Code Assist — now for free. We like giving developers free tools. Folks love Google AI Studio as a way to work with Gemini models, and now we’re making Gemini Code Assist free for individuals. Virtually unlimited usage, no cloud account required. More coverage here and here.
[paper] Which Economic Tasks are Performed with AI? Evidence from Millions of Claude Conversations. This paper from Anthropic folks looks at a framework for measuring AI usage patterns across the economy. Interesting analysis of a strong dataset.
[article] Prompt Engineering: Challenges, Strengths, and Its Place in Software Development’s Future. I liked the list of ways that prompt engineering is NOT programming. But, I think we can all agree that it’s a discipline that requires some skill to be good at.
[article] Gemini Lands On Agentforce: A Bold Move By Google And Salesforce. Salesforce makes a big bet on Google Cloud to best serve customers for the next decade.
[article] Introduction to Service Mesh. “The hard way” was the only way with service meshes for a while there. Now it appears to have gotten simpler, and I hope folks take a second look.
[article] Culture is the Ultimate Scaling Mechanism. Traverse calls culture your team’s “operating system” and then offers advice on how to get it right.
[article] How AI generated code compounds technical debt. We’re definitely cranking out more code thanks to AI, and reusing less. There’s growing concern that this will cause problems down the road.
[blog] Testing concurrent code with testing/synctest. Your app probably has a bunch of async and concurrent operations if it’s written in a modern language. That’s not easy to test. It’s now easier in Go.
[article] The Hidden Toll of Meeting Hangovers. You might have a good hangover recipe when you drank to much, and this article offers advice to avoid the hangover of a lousy meeting.
[blog] AI Agents and the CEOs. Kate looks at recent exec statements around agents and detects eagerness to reduce headcount by deploying intelligent agents. No self-respecting exec is looking at agents because of the tech alone; a responsible business leader should only adopt any technology because it helps them increase profit or reduce cost.
[blog] Here are 3 ways to beat procrastination from Google’s productivity expert. Here’s a quick, simple read—which I ironically put off reading—about avoiding procrastination.
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