Today was a travel day as we bounced from Delhi to Bangalore. After a terrific customer visit, it’s nice to have a quiet evening before a 17 hour workday tomorrow.

[blog] New BigQuery global queries let you explore distributed data with a single SQL statement (https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/new-global-queries-in-bigquery-span-data-from-multiple-regions/). The best managed services strip out complexity from your architecture. Here, we handle all the work of pulling distributed data together in one query.

[blog] Bias Toward Action (https://addyosmani.com/blog/bias-towards-action/). This doesn’t mean recklessly rushing forward. Have tight feedback loops and make small, responsible steps forward.

[article] Cloud and AWS cost consultant Duckbill expands to software, raises $7.75M for new Skyway platform (https://www.geekwire.com/2026/cloud-and-aws-cost-consultant-duckbill-expands-to-software-raises-7-75m-for-new-skyway-platform/). These folks have been around a while. Congrats on the raise and software ambitions.

[article] Multi-Language MCP Server Performance Benchmark (https://www.tmdevlab.com/mcp-server-performance-benchmark.html). Do MCP servers perform best if written in Python, Go, Java, or JavaScript? The answer may surprise you.

[blog] Using go fix to modernize Go code (https://go.dev/blog/gofix). This is a fairly amazing capability just casually baked into the Go tooling.

[article] Anthropic releases Sonnet 4.6 (https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/anthropic-releases-sonnet-4-6/). Another attention-worthy release. As always, it’s available on your cloud of choice already.

[article] Most CFOs expect larger IT budgets, ‘collapsing’ staff growth: Gartner (https://www.cfodive.com/news/75percent-cfos-anticipate-bigger-tech-budgets-this-year-gartner/812254/). I’m surprised. Tech spending up, but companies are getting more results from the same staffing levels. Or at least, hoping to.

[blog] Announcing America-India Connect and new investments to advance global AI access (https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure/america-india-connect-infrastructure-connects-four-continents/). The more connectivity the better for people of the world.

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