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Google Cloud's July 2026 AI infrastructure update was dense: Managed Lustre went GA, C4N network and storage optimized instances went GA, GKE scaled to 15,000 nodes, and k8s-aibom was open-sourced to harden the AI supply chain.
GitHub announced that Agent Skills and MCP support for Copilot code review are now generally available. AI review is evolving from a nice-to-have into a customizable, extensible engineering capability that is becoming standard in code review workflows.
Google published a guide to optimizing for generative AI search features, stressing valuable, unique content, clarifying common AEO/GEO misconceptions, and noting SEO best practices still matter.
A Mind the Product essay argues that in the AI era the PRD as a static document can no longer do the work of a spec, and that a golden evaluation dataset is replacing it as a runnable definition of "good."
When your ideal .com is taken, choosing a fitting extension, checking whether the domain is really in use, making an offer, renaming with intent, and locking in across extensions are the five paths to the domain you want.
Docker announced OIDC connections for GitHub Actions, letting CI/CD workflows authenticate with short-lived, per-run tokens instead of long-lived PATs or OATs — no more manual secret rotation.
In May 2026, the IETF published the new DMARC standard RFC 9989/9990/9991, replacing RFC 7489. Core logic is unchanged, but np/psd tags are added and pct/rf/ri retired — senders should audit SPF/DKIM alignment now.
CSS gap decorations are now fully supported in Chrome and Edge 149, letting you style the gaps in grid and flexbox layouts directly — dramatically simplifying fine-grained layout detail.
Cloudflare announced inbound TCP support and gRPC capabilities for Workers during Agents Week: Workers accept inbound sockets via Spectrum, Containers run bidirectional gRPC, and gRPC-web converts automatically.
Cloudflare integrates Cloudforce One threat intelligence directly into the WAF engine with new cf.intel fields, letting security teams write proactive rules that block high-risk traffic before it reaches their infrastructure.
Cloudflare is using its vast daily traffic data to tune congestion control per network, delivering about 10% faster responses in early tests, with rollout to all customers planned through 2026.
Cloudflare makes Client-Side Security Advanced available to self-serve users and gives away domain-based threat intelligence. A new GNN-plus-LLM cascade cuts false positives by up to 200x and catches zero-day script attacks.