Daily Reading List – August 5, 2026 (#839)

I procrastinated on something I should have written up today at work, but I’m using AI to first play with the idea a bit more. And while that AI was running, I was able to start experimenting with a few new products I’d been meaning to give a whirl. Are you still figuring out how to use that “AI processing time” effectively? I am.

[blog] The next chapter of our AI momentum. Some pretty big news in the Google universe. Google DeepMind is in good hands. Related.

[article] The Shape of Things to Come. Long piece, but Steve’s a forward thinker and it’s useful to see what he’s pondering regarding AI workflows. The CI/CD discussion was particularly enlightening.

[blog] A unified API for AI model routing. I think I like this, but need to go hands on and understand it better. Given today’s token cost considerations, many people are looking for model routing options.

[article] We Keep Renaming AI Coding. Here’s What I’d Call It. Maybe “AI-driven development” is the best of the lot. You can find a flaw in any of them.

[blog] The Agent Development Lifecycle has arrived on Cloudflare. I like seeing how everyone arranges this new dev lifecycle. Cloudflare does innovative work, so I pay attention to how they think about it. Cloudflare OS also looks cool.

[blog] The AI productivity gap. Somewhat related to the previous item, make sure you understand the complexity of the developer job.

[article] Barbell-Shaped Product Roles. Coding and shipping faster doesn’t make product thinking less important. It’s the opposite.

[blog] Unlocking the future of shared storage: Filestore on Colossus. When you use Google Cloud, you get to take advantage of the best infrastructure on the planet.

[article] What if you’re not supposed to have a long-term plan? Are you doing what you thought you’d be doing? Did five-year-old you have your career mapped out perfectly? If so, kudos. But the rest of us have had a more emergent path.

[article] What to Consider Before Giving Advice on a Global Team. I don’t think enough about this, and need to. One style doesn’t fit all.

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