Daily Reading List – June 23, 2025 (#573)
Happy Monday. Summer is in full swing here in San Diego and we’ve somehow skipped the annual June Gloom. I’ve jinxed it, haven’t I.
[paper] What Makes a Good Natural Language Prompt? The difference between a good prompt and bad prompt is stark. Very different results! This paper looks at 21 prompting categories that determine the quality of output.
[blog] Google Cloud donates A2A to Linux Foundation. Excellent news! The major hyperscalers plus others are the founding members of this new project to advance agent-to-agent communication.
[aricle] Is All Micromanagement Bad? Here’s How the Best Startup Leaders Balance Details and Delegation. Yah, micromanagement has a bad reputation, but the opposite is much worse. Good leaders stay close to the customer and close to the work.
[article] The tough task of making AI code production-ready. The engineering workflow is changing. Are you getting ready for it, with the right skills, processes, and tools?
[blog] The Agent-as-Tool Antipattern: Analyzing Protocol Mismatches in Peer-to-Peer Multi-Agent Architectures. Right pattern for the use case? Kishore thinks that turning everything into MCP servers is a bad idea, and A2A represents a better way for agents to interact with each other.
[blog] In Praise of “Normal” Engineers. Build great teams, don’t chase 10x engineers. If you have one, great, but your throughput is dependent on the overall software team’s performance.
[article] My 2025 system prompt. John put together a legit system prompt for use in LLM chat experiences when he wants direct, focused responses.
[article] LinkedIn CEO says AI writing assistant is not as popular as expected. Good. Don’t use AI to write LinkedIn posts or replies. There’s a line for where AI should be used. That’s it.
[blog] Looker developers gain speed and accuracy with debut of Continuous Integration. That’s cool. Apply CI practices more easily to your BI dashboards and reports.
[blog] Colab Terminal Is Now Free For All Users. Long live the terminal! Now more you can do, for free, from the Colab Terminal. Add packages, do git commands, and more.
[blog] AppGen Is Here: Say Goodbye to Software Development As You Know It. Diego and John share a great perspective on where software development is heading. If you subscribe to Forrester Research, definitely read the related report.
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