Daily Reading List – December 17, 2025 (#687)

Happy “Gemini release day” for all who celebrate. It’s a great way to start wrapping the year. I also published a post today that described my new way of bootstrapping the learning experience.

[blog] Gemini 3 Flash: frontier intelligence built for speed. Just a tremendous model and unheard-of price performance.

[blog] Build with Gemini 3 Flash, frontier intelligence that scales with you. Gemini 3 Flash isn’t single purpose; it’s good at many things. Including coding.

[blog] Introducing Gemini 3 Flash: Intelligence and speed for enterprises. Enterprise companies get access to the best stuff too! I’m glad to see this land simultaneously for those who want to use AI to make work (and customer-facing services) better.

[blog] A Safer Container Ecosystem with Docker: Free Docker Hardened Images. You need to trust your foundational tech components. This is great news for those deploying apps in containers. More here.

[blog] AI agents are starting to eat SaaS. I’ve heard about it, but haven’t necessarily seen it come to fruition. But this seems like reasonable analysis.

[blog] Connect your enterprise data to Google’s new Antigravity IDE. Be thoughtful on what (and how much) you connect to your agentic IDE or app, but having the option to bring key data sources into those environments is terrific.

[article] Merging To Test Is Killing Your Microservices Velocity. This proposes a different way to isolate services for testing.

[blog] Spec-Driven Development with Gemini CLI. This is far from a settled practice, so keep experimenting and learning along with the rest of us.

[article] AI and productivity: Year-in-review with Microsoft, Google, and GitHub researchers. The DX folks have elevated a ton of research this year and I’m appreciative of it. Take a look at this roundup for some key insights.

[article] AI coding is now everywhere. But not everyone is convinced. Extremely balanced and insightful article that explores the benefits and risks of AI coding.

[article] Research: When Used Correctly, LLMs Can Unlock More Creative Ideas. You don’t have to outsource your thinking to an LLM to get value. Here’s some research that shows that generative AI can assist your creative process.

[blog] Introducing Agent Development Kit for TypeScript: Build AI Agents with the Power of a Code-First Approach. Build agents with TypeScript! Another member of the ADK family comes aboard.

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