We had a big Gemini event today, and plenty of other interesting things are going on around the industry.
[blog] Welcome to Gemini at Work 2026: Introducing the Gemini agent. Big play for us. A central, universal agent that pulls together unified context, has cloud for async work, and real security/cost controls? Yes please.
[article] What Actually Sets High Achievers Apart? Fascinating thesis which seems obvious once you process it. Trying to change your situation (physical environment, team, mentors, boss) has more impact on performance than just altering your mindset.
[blog] How to build an AI-native software factory. What’s left to build? For many, it’s the system that builds the software. Lots of details here, with a focus on what’ Uber is doing to build a software factory.
[article] Five keys to controlling AI token costs. Not new, but maybe new to you. More of these ideas will keep coming.
[blog] Supercharge your development with the Google Developer Knowledge API ecosystem. We’ve been working hard to give you trusted info, how you want it. Now you can pull the latest Google documentation (across two dozen domains) via REST API, MCP server, or the Google Cloud CLI.
[blog] Anti-Patterns in Software Blogging. Absolutely fantastic post. These are all things we need to stop doing in our writing if we care about landing a message.
[article] Redis by proxy: Percona targets the last major hurdle to Valkey adoption. Migrate from Redis without rewriting any of your app. That may trigger more people to make the leap to Valkey.
[blog] Part 2: Evals as a deployment gate — and how to know when they drift. have you started thinking about evals the same way you think about tests? Continuous applied and a gating function for releases?
[report] The State of CI/CD in 2026. Mildly related to the previous item. What are we doing with CI/CD right now? The JetBrains survey provides the answers.
[blog] Private AI Won’t Be the Center of Your AI Universe. Hybrid Will. Good points from Keith regarding where the various components of an AI system run.
[blog] Thundering herd of circuit breakers. Great title and fun log from Zalando engineers who had to troubleshoot why a circuit breaker was staying open too long.
[article] Ben Affleck is an AI nerd, and the internet is impressed. I’m definitely impressed. He could do my job tomorrow. Alas, I could not be a good Batman tomorrow.
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