Daily Reading List – June 18, 2025 (#571)
I feel l’m seeing the future of software of engineering take shape. Maybe it’s where I work, but I think it’s more about what is happening around me. It’s exciting to see what we build and how we build both evolving so quickly.
[blog] Simplify your multi-cloud strategy with Cloud Location Finder, now in preview. It was unexpected that there was no UI, but just an API. But it makes sense if you’re using this to choose a cloud region—among Google, Azure, AWS, and Oracle—programmatically.
[blog] We Are Better Than This. It’s absurd that Bob even needs to write this. But yes, the world has been noticeably absent from solidarity and support for our Jewish friends and neighbors.
[blog] 16 common mistakes C#/.NET developers make (and how to avoid them). Many of these apply, regardless of which language you code in.
[blog] We Can Just Measure Things. Armin looks at why using agents to measure code quality is a good thing, and offers areas to focus on.
[blog] Five Boring Things That Have A Bigger Impact Than “A.I.” Coding Assistants On Dev Team Productivity. If you limit your eval to coding assistants, this is entirely true. Investing in better team dynamics and delivery culture has a massive impact. I do think the broader set of AI-in-engineering tools will have a bigger impact than many expect.
[blog] An Introduction to Google’s Approach to AI Agent Security. Simon looks at the key risks in deploying AI systems and provides some candid feedback on our paper.
[article] Growth Isn’t the Only Way for Companies to Create Value. Obsessed with growth? There are other ways to make a big impact.
[blog] Writing documentation for AI: best practices. Do you need to do anything different from regular SEO in your docs to ensure that LLMs properly digest and process your data?
[article] A developer’s guide to AI protocols: MCP, A2A, and ACP. Understand this soup of three letter acronyms better after reading this piece.
[blog] GKE workload scheduling: Strategies for when resources get tight. Good details here for platform engineers trying to scale Kubernetes in dynamic environments.
[blog] RedMonk Top 20 Languages Over Time: January 2025. Programming language preferences don’t change quickly. View the trends over the past twelve years.
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