Daily Reading List – August 24, 2026 (#852)

In between meetings, I had a chance to refresh some demos ahead of a customer presentation this week. And, to iterate for a while (too long) getting a generative UI agent to give me a custom interface in Gemini Enterprise. I’m glad my coding harness doesn’t get frustrated as quickly as I do.

[article] 20 Lessons From 20+ Years in Tech. Really good. We need to be reminded of these lessons, and be more intentional about how we go about our professional lives.

[blog] Event Driven Architecture and Coupling: You’re Not as Decoupled as You Think. Decoupling your internal API as a series of event-driven messages isn’t buying you much. Good post here on modeling around business concepts and behaviors.

[blog] The Case for Software Craftsmanship in the Era of Vibes. Sure does. Regardless of what you may see, “software” isn’t solved just because of AI. There’s a lot that goes into system design, product thinking, and building high quality software that matters.

[article] Most coding agent benchmarks skip large-scale refactoring. Not this one. This seems like a solid benchmark for complex tasks. LLMs aren’t doing that great at it. Yet.

[blog] Summary : Where does Antigravity look for configurations? If you use a handful of AI tools, you’re probably copying files around between locations because the industry hasn’t standardized on where we stash configs.

[article] How should engineering leaders measure the ROI of AI? All-important question. It’s not about how much AI you’re using. Who cares? It’s how much value you’re getting.

[blog] Meet the Antigravity Extension: Gemini Code Assist on Steroids, in Whatever IDE You Love. It’s not true for everyone, but for many, the IDE is now mostly a read-only code viewer. I’m glad we’re putting our coding agent in your IDE of choice.

[blog] Three Clouds, Three Native Agents. A telling effort. William looks at coordinating agents across the three major hyperscalers.

[blog] How to Evaluate Live & Voice Agents in ADK. I’m sure there are solutions out there, but I haven’t seen them. This is a great way to test live/voice agents and prove they follow the desired path.

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