Talked to some smart folks and starting building out a test scenario for Agent Skills. I’m continuing my extended run of not writing any code myself, but getting better at prompting my AI tooling to get what I want.
[blog] The Software Development Lifecycle Is Dead. If you read one thing today, make it this. And then reconsider everything you thought you knew.
[blog] Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Built for intelligence at scale. Our fastest and most cost-effective model in the Gemini 3 family.
[blog] Secure Code Execution for the Age of Autonomous AI Agents. My colleague but an open source project to isolate MCP sessions using gVisor. Check it out.
[blog] Set Safe Defaults for Flags. Choose default values for flags that minimize the chance of a costly mistake. Sounds like good advice to me!
[article] What I learned from the book Software Engineering at Google. As mentioned in a post yesterday, coding is changing but software engineering is stable. These ideas still hold up!
[blog] Agentic Software Development: Defining The Next Phase Of AI‑Driven Engineering Tools. Diego has been on this shift for a while, and calls out the current wave. I worry about doing a lengthy vendor assessment though, as by the time he’s done it’ll all be different.
[blog] Centralized policy meets distributed logic: Getting to know Eventarc Advanced. We’re too lowkey about this service, but it’s pretty cool. This idea of “centralized policy, distributed logic” is an improvement.
[blog] Go is the Best Language for AI Agents. It’s an outstanding choice. Might be the top choice by devs before end of year. We’ll see.
[blog] Announcing the MCP Toolbox Java SDK. Bring 40+ data sources to your agentic apps with this new SDK for Java devs.
[blog] Automated Code Review: The 6-Month Evolution. Back to the first post on this list, I don’t see how you avoid this direction.
[blog] How to Kill the Code Review. OMG, it’s dead. I’m now convinced after today’s reading list 🙂
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