Talked to a company today who asked me about some advice they got from another vendor. “Should we really use frontier models for everything at our company, or is that vendor delusional?” Smart companies are picking the right type of model for the task, including open, flash, and pro models. That’s how I replied.
[blog] Tell agents the why, not just the how. Great point. Input more than specs and reference content. Prompt with what you’re trying to accomplish.
[blog] The Documentation You Have Is Not The Documentation Your AI Needs. Now is the time when trusted documentation matters most. Humans might read docs and know when they can’t trust them, but an agent is going to act assuming they’re accurate.
[blog] Agent Substrate brings high-density, scalable, trusted infrastructure to GKE. An agent-ready Kubernetes? That’s what this is all about. You can install it anywhere, and it’s especially good on Google Kubernetes Engine.
[blog] The Death of the Static UI: Building Context-Aware Mobile Apps in 2026. I can imagine this being a dominant part of our future apps. Adaptive UIs (however you implement them) are coming. In some cases, they’re here.
[blog] Do agent skills help? I ran 72 trials to find out. You might be loading up skills that don’t really make a difference. Are you testing for that? Karl did.
[blog] The value of being bored in the AI and attention economy. I’m a huge proponent of this. Stop occupying your brain in every moment, even with “mindless” things like scrolling your favorite feed. Just be bored. Let your mind wander.
[blog] Google is a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Public Cloud Platforms, Q3 2026. I don’t think I’ve seen us in this spot before. You might consider some of these positions unexpected!
[article] Your AI coding spend bought 25% more output. Duplication rose 81%. Producing more, but also a higher maintenance cost? You might use AI for maintenance, so you care less. That might work. But think through the long-term implications.
[article] Stop Automating Old Processes. Design New Ones Instead. Yes. Look beyond the task and see the overall workflow.
[blog] How to Write an Effective Software Design Document. Good post. Maybe machines are reading these, maybe they’re too big as-is. But a well-done design doc still matters.
[blog] From Choice Paralysis to Day 0 Provisioning: Meet the Google Cloud Database Onboarding Agent & Skill. If we’re going to empower agents to do work for us, or even make it easier for humans to decide between options, these sorts of “decider” skills will be increasingly important.
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