Day two of vacation included me hitting golf balls and eating lunch overlooking the ocean. And a couple of unexpected work calls. But overall, definitely feeling better and more energized already.

[article] An Interview with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian About the Agentic Moment (https://stratechery.com/2026/an-interview-with-google-cloud-ceo-thomas-kurian-about-the-agentic-moment/). I’m absurdly biased, but I simply don’t see other CEOs demonstrate command of issues the way Thomas Kurian does in long-form interviews like this.

[blog] AI in DevOps: Why Adoption Lags in CI/CD (and What Comes Next) (https://blog.jetbrains.com/teamcity/2026/04/ai-in-devops/). It’s an interesting point of view. I’m not sure the conclusion is right. Are devs slow to add AI to CI/CD because of trust issues, or because the current landscape of products isn’t suited for AI workloads or surfacing the right AI integration points?

[article] “Developer loyalty is at zero right now”: Google doesn’t care which AI coding tool you use (https://thenewstack.io/google-doesnt-care/). Thomas comes across measured and cool in the topmost interview. I come across as a wildcat in this one. I guess we balance each other out.

[article] Vibing, Harness and OODA loop (https://www.architecture-weekly.com/p/vibing-harness-and-ooda-loop). You had me at OODA loop, as I’m a big Boyd fan. Just because AI helps us “act” faster, doesn’t mean we should skip the other important parts of the loop.

[blog] Agent Chaos to Engineered Intelligence – Key Takeaways from Google Cloud Next 2026 (https://thecuberesearch.com/agent-chaos-to-engineered-intelligence-key-takeaways-from-google-cloud-next-2026/). Paul’s a good industry analyst and has a extracts a few important points about our story for developers.

[article] What 4 engineers with 10+ years of experience say about staying relevant in the AI era (https://shiftmag.dev/what-4-engineers-with-10-years-of-experience-say-about-staying-relevant-in-the-ai-era-9309/). Everybody’s trying to figure out what work looks like. I don’t trust anyone who acts too confident. Read things like this to observe the thought process of others.

[blog] Agent Memory Patterns (https://timkellogg.me/blog/2026/04/27/memory-patterns). This post calls out a few places to store mutable memory. It focuses on files, memory blocks, and skills. I’m not sure how you’d categorize external durable memory services.

[blog] Building real-world on-device AI with LiteRT and NPU (https://developers.googleblog.com/building-real-world-on-device-ai-with-litert-and-npu/). On-device AI will keep growing in popularity. I’m friends with the PM of this product and am trying to learn more about this space.

[article] The End of One-Size-Fits-All Enterprise Software (https://hbr.org/2026/04/the-end-of-one-size-fits-all-enterprise-software). What workflows do you want to control yourself? You’ll build, compose, collaborate, or buy software to drive it.

[blog] We’re donating Agent Payments Protocol to the FIDO Alliance to support the future of secure, agentic payments (https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/google-pay/agent-payments-protocol-fido-alliance/). You love to see it. Open standards are useful in domains like this, and we’re playing our part.

[blog] 8 Cursor Rules for Go Developers — 2026 Edition (https://dev.to/olivia_craft/8-cursor-rules-for-go-developers-2026-edition-2c25). Good, structured code still matters. These are some rules to stash in your agentic IDE to get cleaner Go code.

[article] Google begins putting the guardrails on agentic AI (https://www.infoworld.com/article/4163418/google-begins-putting-the-guardrails-on-agentic-ai.html). It’s not about flashy features right now, but who’s containing agents and making them manageable.

[blog] The Future of Agentic AI: Inside Microsoft Agent Framework 1.0 (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuredevcommunityblog/the-future-of-agentic-ai-inside-microsoft-agent-framework-1-0/4510698). Glad to see Microsoft betting on the A2A Protocol for their Python/C# agent framework.

[blog] It’s all about the angle: Your photos, re-composed (https://research.google/blog/its-all-about-the-angle-your-photos-re-composed/). Super cool. It uses AI to alter the perspective in existing photos.

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