Daily Reading List – May 6, 2026 (#778)

Today’s list has a terrific mix of opinions, not all in agreement. But what’s important is that we’re learning things together.

[article] Agent Skills. Developers are loving these twenty agent skills. They serve the SDLC as a whole and force your agents through the same stages an engineer goes through.

[article] How To Be Direct And Strategic. You can be a straight-shooter and still be thoughtful in how you deliver the message. Good post on how to be strategic and direct.

[article] When an Executive Asks You an Unexpected Question. Related to the above, in some way. It’s not just about the fast and factual answer; you need to understand where the question is coming from.

[blog] Five must-have guides to move agents into production with Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. Thinking of getting your agents to production? There’s a lot to consider, and these guides point out areas of architecture, governance, and more.

[article] Designing the AI-native engineering organization. This group says that AI-native engineering looks like shorter planning cycles, more frequent releases, smaller squads of engineers, and more types of contributors.

[article] Agentic Coding is a Trap. I definitely get the arguments here, and the author makes a reasonable case. Some is speculation and anecdotal, but no one really knows how agentic coding is going to impact the field of software engineering.

[blog] The AWS MCP Server is now generally available. Every platform, including clouds, need to talk MCP or make themselves agent friendly.

[blog] Pioneering AI-assisted code migration: How Google achieved 6x faster migration from TensorFlow to JAX. This wasn’t just about asking an AI agent to plow through a codebase and do work, It used a strong pattern with specialized agents.

[blog] Closing the Loop: Google Just Validated Deterministic Code in the Loop. Keith noticed that the above post proved what he’s been seeing. He’s been doing some important analysis lately!

[article] Improving AI agents through better evaluations. Good advice, and some very specific calls to action at the end. Invest here!

[blog] What’s new in IAM: Security, governance, and runtime defense. The identity management space heated up quick. Check this out for what you should be expecting from your modern IAM solutions.

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