Ssktindevopsdesk.hashnode.dev·2d ago · 7 min readHow to Auto-Shutdown Idle Cloud Dev Servers (AWS, GCP, Azure)Let me guess. Somewhere in your cloud account right now, there's a server that someone spun up for "just a quick test" three weeks ago. It's still running. Nobody's touched it since. And it's been qui00
AGAbhinay Gokulinblog.perceptova.com·3d ago · 6 min readWhy a print job should never become a permanent cloud documentProblem in one sentence Print shops need a temporary document. Messaging apps give them a permanent one. Docshy is a relay: encrypt → store briefly → decrypt only for print → shred. This post is the a10
AMAmit Malhotrainvertro.hashnode.dev·5d ago · 4 min readThe 7 Decisions Every Developer Makes Before Writing Their First Line of CodeMost engineering teams think developers spend their day writing software. In reality, writing code often comes much later. Before a developer can build a new application or microservice, they have to 00
MAMohammed Abdul Wahedinwahedtechhashnodedev.hashnode.dev·Aug 7 · 3 min readBuilding a RAG AI Agent with Google ADK, Streamlit, and Cloud Run – My Hands-on ExperienceBuilding a RAG AI Agent with Google ADK, Streamlit, and Cloud Run – My Hands-on Experience Introduction As part of the Google Cloud Gen AI Academy APAC Edition, I completed a hands-on codelab where I 00
KVKshitij Vermaincassandra.hashnode.dev·Aug 6 · 7 min readTwo Students, The lying prophet, and a Google Hackathon WinAI agents are running around doing stuff. We thought they could use a babysitter. And it went on to win 1st place worldwide along with a $5,000 prize. First, who “we” are We're both students at LNMI10
MSManu Shuklainecorpit.hashnode.dev·Aug 3 · 17 min readCloud SQL PSC reconciliation is default from 1 August 2026: what quietly breaksCloud SQL PSC reconciliation is default from 1 August 2026: what quietly breaks Summary. Google published a Cloud SQL release note on 31 July 2026 and the behaviour took effect the next day. From 1 Au00
MSManu Shuklainecorpit.hashnode.dev·Aug 3 · 21 min readRapid Bucket at $0.11/GiB-month vs Rapid Cache: 2026 AI checkpoint cost mathsRapid Bucket at $0.11/GiB-month vs Rapid Cache: 2026 AI checkpoint cost maths Summary. Google's Rapid storage class, sold as Rapid Bucket, lists at \(0.000150685 per GiB-hour in us-central1, which wor00
MSManu Shuklainecorpit.hashnode.dev·Aug 2 · 16 min readGemini Enterprise agent billing in 2026: the August 1 governance charge and how to cut itGemini Enterprise agent billing in 2026: the August 1 governance charge and how to cut it Summary. On August 1, 2026, Google Cloud switched on billing for Semantic Governance Policies on the Gemini En00
PSPiyush Sharmaingenai-builder-journal.hashnode.dev·Jul 31 · 7 min readFrom Curiosity to Creation: My Journey with Google Gen AI Academy APAC 2026Introduction Here's the official overview of the cohort I'm participating in: AI has moved really fast over the last couple of years. When I started my B.Tech, most of what I knew about AI came from00
MSManu Shuklainecorpit.hashnode.dev·Jul 31 · 19 min readCloud Run cross-region failover in 2026: survive a full Google Cloud region outageCloud Run cross-region failover in 2026: survive a full Google Cloud region outage Summary. On July 21, 2026, Google Cloud moved Cloud Run service health to general availability, which gives multi-reg00
