Happy Friday. Things haven’t yet started winding down for the holiday season, but that may start NEXT week.
[article] The 5 AI Tensions Leaders Need to Navigate. Good list. I could argue that this applies to many leadership situations, not just AI-driven ones.
[article] How do daily stand-ups boost team performance? Some people love ’em, others hate ’em. But stand-ups (done well) are apparently a big booster of safer environments that result in better outcomes.
[blog] Product engineering teams must own supply chain risk. Platforms need to take care of more of this. This goes my “shift down” concept where we can’t expect product teams to handle it all.
[blog] Build with Gemini Deep Research. Use this amazing capability from the new Interactions API that’s part of Gemini.
[blog] Introducing GPT-5.2. Maybe some scrambling happening over at OpenAI, but you can count on them shipping great model after model.
[article] Google launched its deepest AI research agent yet — on the same day OpenAI dropped GPT-5.2. Totally coincidental. Model shops and tech vendors never try to steal each other’s thunder. No sir, never happens.
[article] InfoQ Java Trends Report 2025. Not shockingly, a lot of AI on the list. But more than that has kept Java vibrant.
[blog] Taming Vibe Coding: The Engineer’s Guide. Here’s some good practical advice on creating more consistency and personalization for your AI-driven coding exercises.
[article] What If? AI in 2026 and Beyond. It’s worth reading through this pile of thoughts as you plan your AI approach next year.
[article] How Google’s TPUs are reshaping the economics of large-scale AI. How do you erode the GPU moat? A competitor can make it easier for developers to switch while accessing premium functionality.
[blog] Before You Build a Private Cloud, Ask This One Question. My contention is that there are VERY few actual private clouds out there. Mostly some nicely automated VM infrastructure. Keith offers a good question you should ask before going down this path.
[blog] Bringing state-of-the-art Gemini translation capabilities to Google Translate. There are some potentially life-changing capabilities called out here. I can’t wait to use some of these on my next international trip.
[blog] Enterprise Agents Have a Reliability Problem. Are companies doing ok with off-the-shelf AI tools but struggling to build their own? Or the opposite? What’s a recipe for success?
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