I flew into San Jose last night ahead of today’s in-person rehearsal for the Google Cloud Next developer keynote. Super fun day with people I have a lot of affection for. Tomorrow, off to New York City for 24 hours.

[blog] Developer AI Tooling in 2026: Trends Shaping How We Build. This seems like a good assessment of where dev tools are right now.

[blog] End-to-End AI Agent on GCP: ADK, BigQuery MCP, Agent Engine, and Cloud Run. Whether you’re using cloud services or not, most agent architectures include a mix of components that you stitch together.

[youtube-video] Google just changed the future of UI/UX design… Great Fireship video that explores Google Stitch, a lifesaver for those of us who don’t create great frontend designs.

[blog] Is the IDE dead? The code editor is becoming a “read only” view for more and more people. Addy looks at the role of the IDE moving forward.

[paper] Cloud Infrastructure in the Agent-Native Era. We snuck this cool little paper out (direct link to PDF). Cloud native infrastructure was a step forward, but AI apps and agents need something further.

[blog] The Three Pillars of JavaScript Bloat. How do dependency trees result in a bloated app? I can be hard to unravel, but there’s some advice here.

[blog] Architecture Is On The Hook For GenAI Success. That sounds like something an architect would say! There’s definitely truth to the reality that scaling AI in any company will depend on platforms, guardrails, and good decisions.

[blog] AI Doesn’t Fail in the Demo – It Fails the First Time You Have to Trust It. I can build a mean demo that gets you excited. But what matters is what it takes to trust AI tech at scale in your company.

[[blog] Same Old. Very few things are “unprecedented.” It’s one reason I try to read a lot of history to gain perspective.

[article] Cursor admits its new coding model was built on top of Moonshot AI’s Kimi. If you’re not shipping your own model, just say so. It’s ok. Cursor did right by quickly acknowledging this and giving credit.

[blog] How Slack Rebuilt Notifications. Different mental models, overlapping settings, and more makes chat systems like Slack overwhelming. This looks like a smart redesign.

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There’s still time to grab a last-minute ticket for GeekWire’s Agents of Transformation, a half-day summit in Seattle on Tuesday that will explore how agentic AI is redefining work, creativity, and leadership.

Keep reading for details about our speaker lineup, the schedule, logistical information and more.

We look forward to seeing you at the event!

When: Tuesday, March 24, 1 – 6:30 p.m.

Location: Block 41 | 115 Bell St., Seattle, 98121

Schedule:

• 1:00 PM – Doors open: check-out the AWS Marketplace AI Innovator Spotlight Studio, Startup Zone and grab your barista bot coffee.
• 1:40 PM – Main stage program begins.
• 5:00 PM – Reception – appetizers, drinks, and networking while exploring the Startup Zone demos and robotic cocktail bar.
• 6:30 PM – Event concludes.

Parking: Multiple parking lots are available within a 3-block radius of Block 41.

What’s included:

• Four fireside chats featuring leaders from Microsoft, AWS, OpenAI, and more.
• Expert panel on practical uses of AI agents.
• Startup Zone with live pitches from emerging AI companies.
• AWS Marketplace AI Innovator Spotlight Studio (live thought leadership recordings).
• Networking reception hosted by Nebius with appetizers and beverages.

Speakers:

• Charles Lamanna, President of Business & Industry Copilot, Microsoft.
• Julia White, VP & CMO, AWS.
• Vijaye Raji, CTO of Applications, OpenAI.
• Deepak Singh, VP of Kiro, AWS.
• Expert panel: Angela Garinger (Outreach), Jeremy Tryba (AI2), Liat Ben-Zur (LBZ Advisory).

Tickets: A limited number of tickets are available here. 

Questions? Contact us at events@geekwire.com.

This event builds on an ongoing GeekWire editorial series, underwritten by Accenture, spotlighting how startups, developers and tech giants are using intelligent agents to innovate.

Thanks to presenting sponsor Accenture; gold sponsors Nebius and AWS Marketplace; and silver sponsors Prime Team Partners, Astound Business Solutions, Pay-i and Cascade for helping to make the event possible. For sponsorship opportunities or any other inquiries about the event, contact events@geekwire.com.

Andy Weir has done pretty well when it comes to adaptations. His first novel, The Martian, was turned into a movie in 2015, and the Ridley Scott-directed picture earned more than $600 million at the box office. And Project Hail Mary just had a huge opening weekend that puts it on track to be one of the year's biggest movies. However, despite that success, Weir tells me that he does his best to keep the idea of an adaptation out of his mind when he starts a new novel. "I try not to think about it at all," he explains.

The reason, according to Weir, is that the two mediums are just so different. That's something he's learned over the last dec …

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