Daily Reading List – November 10, 2025 (#662)

Was it a busy Monday for you? It was for me. Tomorrow I get to do a presentation at my favorite team’s ballpark as part of the MLB Tech Summit. So, that’s pretty awesome.

[blog] Predictions 2026: Software Development Goes From Jamming To A Full Orchestra. Diego has been close to this trend for a long time, so I listen to his perspective.

[blog] Build better software to build software better. Great post from the Slack team. If your build system is slow or painful, all the AI dev tools in the world won’t help you.

[blog] AlloyDB accelerates AI with automated vector indexing and embedding. This is kinda awesome. Auto embedding and auto indexing for your existing databases? That’s powerful.

[blog] Yes really, curl is still developed. Yes, this ubiquitous tool is still under active development. How? Why? Find out here.

[blog] Building AI Agents Visually with Google ADK Visual Agent Builder. Build some fairly sophisticated AI agents without slinging a lick of code? This new web builder included in our Agent Development Kit works pretty well.

[article] AI is all about inference now. Training was always going to be niche. Important, but not something everyone has to do. Inference is where it’s at. It’s good to have TPUs!

[article] Over one-third of companies plan to replace entry roles with AI, survey says. “Plan to” is different that “will do”, but nonetheless, we’re in an odd state.

[blog] Stop Vibe Coding Your Unit Tests. Real experience with these tools yields insights you won’t get from outside observers.

[blog] Go SDK Power-Up: ADK Support Arrives in MCP Toolbox. Build agents in Go, get access to a variety of data sources via MCP. Not a bad recipe.

[blog] The Go Ecosystem in 2025: Key Trends in Frameworks, Tools, and Developer Practices. Twice as many Go developers as five years ago? It’s a growing ecosystem, and here’s a look at what tools and tech matter.

[blog] Achieve better AI-powered code reviews using new memory capabilities on Gemini Code Assist. I like the idea of a code review agent that learns and adapts based on what your applied standards are. Check this out.

[blog] Terraform vs. Pulumi vs. Crossplane: Choosing the right IaC Tool for your platform. There are these, and I suspect another emerging paradigm for infrastructure management in the AI era.

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