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This post introduces how Google's Gemini AI can convert creative text prompts into interactive XR (Extended Reality) experiences via WebXR APIs and the Canvas feature.

Databricks

11 min read

DevOps•2026-02-18

Flexible Node Types Are Now Generally Available

Flexible Node Types are now generally available, offering more options for securing compute capacity during high-traffic periods.

Engineering

Databricks

31 min read

Data Engineering•2026-02-18

Predictive Optimization at Scale: A Year of Innovation and What’s Next

This post covers Databricks' Predictive Optimization (PO) in Unity Catalog, which became the default platform behavior in 2025 for autonomous lakehouse table maintenance.

How Benchling saved 8,000 hours by changing how it used Terraform

Benchling saved an estimated 8,000 developer hours by migrating from decentralized, laptop-based Terraform execution to HCP Terraform for centralized infrastructure management.

Airbnb

461 min read

DevOps•2026-02-18

Safeguarding Dynamic Configuration Changes at Scale

This post describes how Airbnb built "Sitar," their internal dynamic configuration platform for shipping runtime config changes safely at scale.

software-architecture

Hugging Face

01 min read

AI•2026-02-18

IBM and UC Berkeley Diagnose Why Enterprise Agents Fail Using IT-Bench and MAST

IBM Research and UC Berkeley applied the MAST (Multi-Agent System Failure Taxonomy) framework to diagnose why LLM agents fail in enterprise IT automation, analyzing 310 ITBench SRE traces across three models.

Deepmind

01 min read

AI•2026-02-18

A new way to express yourself: Gemini can now create music

Google has launched Lyria 3, a generative music model, in the Gemini app that allows users to create custom music tracks from text prompts or uploaded photos and videos.

Smashing Magazine

01 min read

Product•2026-02-18

Designing A Streak System: The UX And Psychology Of Streaks

This article examines the psychology and UX design principles behind effective streak systems in digital products.

Vercel

111 min read

DevOps•2026-02-18

Redesigned search and filtering for runtime logs

Vercel has redesigned the Runtime Logs search bar in the project dashboard to make log filtering faster and more intuitive.

Vercel

18710 min read

Backend•2026-02-18

We Ralph Wiggumed WebStreams to make them 10x faster

This post describes fast-webstreams, a WHATWG Streams API reimplementation backed by Node.js internals to cut server-side rendering overhead.

Google Cloud

05 min read

DevOps•2026-02-18

February 18, 2026

Google Cloud release notes covering major product updates from February 18–27, 2026.

Figma

241 min read

Data Engineering•2026-02-18

Redefining impact as a data scientist

This post explores how data science work at Figma's Billing infrastructure differs from traditional product analytics, offering five lessons on expanding impact in complex, correctness-driven domains.