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<div class="block-paragraph"><p data-block-key="2u57j"><i>The content in this blog post was originally published last week as a members-only email to the Google Cloud Innovators community. To get this content directly in your inbox (not to mention</i> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/innovators/?utm_source=cgc-blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=FY23-Q4-Global-OPGGCWeekly-CGCBlog-EN&amp;utm_content=opggc&amp;utm_term=-"><i>lots of other benefits</i></a><i>),</i> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/innovators/?utm_source=cgc-blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=FY23-Q4-Global-OPGGCWeekly-CGCBlog-EN&amp;utm_content=opggc&amp;utm_term=-"><i>sign up to be an Innovator today</i></a><i>.</i></p><hr/><p data-block-key="di9mo"></p></div>
<div class="block-paragraph"><h3 data-block-key="a3czl"><b>New and shiny</b></h3><p data-block-key="6s4ls"><i>Three new things to know this week</i></p><ul><li data-block-key="cdnqa"><b>I’m loving the refreshed Google Cloud documentation portal</b>. Good docs means happy developers. Go peruse our <a href="https://cloud.google.com/docs">docs site</a> to see a brand new side navigation that makes exploration easier. And we added new domain overview pages and product pages. Give me any feedback you have!</li><li data-block-key="4ar23"><b>Our mobile app finally gets me</b>. Are you running the iOS or Android app for Google Cloud? It’s a handy tool for managing your cloud on the go. We just turned on the <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/management-tools/personalized-service-health-incidents-in-google-cloud-mobile-app">Personalized Service Health experience</a> so you can see the incidents that impact the services you’re running.</li><li data-block-key="4v7bg"><b>Generate all the things</b>. If you’re doing data science work, you’re probably using Python. I like that BigQuery’s AI-assistance now generates Python code for your notebooks. <a href="https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/write-sql-duet-ai#generate_python_code">Check out the instructions</a> and try it out.</li></ul><hr/><h3 data-block-key="742le"><b>Watch this</b></h3></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><p data-block-key="h9w35"><b>DORA in an AI-powered world.</b> Nathen explains how to think about how AI may contribute to improved software delivery performance.</p><hr/><h3 data-block-key="bi0t5"><b>Community cuts</b></h3><p data-block-key="fiv9c"><i>Every week I round up some of my favorite links from builders around the Google Cloud-iverse. Want to see your blog or video in the next issue? Drop Richard a line!</i></p><ul><li data-block-key="85rl7"><b>How do you move the data</b>? What does Extract-Transform-Load do, and how do you use this pattern to move data around the cloud? <a href="https://medium.com/google-cloud/etl-in-google-cloud-platform-gcp-7c74c9edd9c7" target="_blank">Dolly has a detailed post</a> that lays it out, including which services you can use for each task.</li><li data-block-key="9njao"><b>Do you</b> <b><i>need</i></b><b> to understand how a Cloud service is built? No, but it’s helpful</b>. BigQuery is a remarkable cloud service. You can certainly use it without knowing how it’s architected, but you might want to <a href="https://medium.com/google-cloud/i-spent-6-hours-understanding-the-design-principles-of-bigquery-heres-what-i-found-6050cb7880fa" target="_blank">read this post from Vu</a> to understand how BigQuery is put together.</li><li data-block-key="9hpes"><b>Can you really compare AI models</b>? Having a hard time keeping up with all the AI models coming to market? Me too, and it’s kinda my job to keep up! You can use <a href="https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/models/side-by-side-eval">auto side-by-side in Vertex AI</a> to evaluate two models in the Model Registry. <a href="https://medium.com/google-cloud/navigating-google-clouds-vertex-ai-auto-sxs-a-technical-deep-dive-5ecc7a639494" target="_blank">Jitendra wrote a helpful post</a> to show how it works.</li></ul><hr/><h3 data-block-key="atitm"><b>Learn and grow</b></h3><p data-block-key="93ovk"><i>Three ways to build your cloud muscles this week</i></p><ul><li data-block-key="c4i0v"><b>Want to learn vector search in Spanner. Today is your lucky day</b>. There’s a <a href="https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/spanner-getting-started-vector-search?hl=en#0" target="_blank">new code lab</a> that walks you through steps of generating embeddings and using the vector data in a query.</li><li data-block-key="bmqu2"><b>You get the availability you pay for</b>. Should you pick a regional or zonal GKE cluster? There are availability and cost implications to your choice! <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/choosing-a-regional-vs-zonal-gke-cluster">This new post</a> explains those implications and helps you make the right choice.</li><li data-block-key="6c12p"><b>Managed software on managed Kubernetes? Tell me more</b>. GKE in Autopilot mode is the most managed Kubernetes environment you’ll find. But I haven’t noticed a ton of support for commercial software packages. Until now. Run <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/gke-autopilot-supports-elastic-cloud-on-kubernetes">Elastic Cloud on GKE Autopilot</a>, as well as <a href="https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/hashicorp-and-google-cloud-announce-gke-autopilot-support-for-consul" target="_blank">Hashicorp Consul</a>. Good deal!</li></ul><hr/><h3 data-block-key="ati7h"><b>One more thing</b></h3></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><p data-block-key="w6t8h"><b>Stack Overflow and Google Cloud partnering together</b>. This should be a great arrangement for devs using Stack Overflow to get better answers, and for Cloud developers who want trusted answers. More from the <a href="https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2024-02-29-Stack-Overflow-and-Google-Cloud-Announce-Strategic-Partnership-to-Bring-Generative-AI-to-Millions-of-Developers" target="_blank">press release</a>.</p><hr/><p data-block-key="6lron"><a href="https://cloud.google.com/innovators/?utm_source=cgc-blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=FY23-Q4-Global-OPGGCWeekly-CGCBlog-EN&amp;utm_content=opggc&amp;utm_term=-"><i>Become an Innovator</i></a><i> to stay up-to-date on the latest news, product updates, events, and learning opportunities with Google Cloud.</i></p></div>

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  in this blog post was originally published last week as a members-only email to
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  (not to mention</i> <a href=\"https://cloud.google.com/innovators/?utm_source=cgc-blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=FY23-Q4-Global-OPGGCWeekly-CGCBlog-EN&amp;utm_content=opggc&amp;utm_term=-\"><i>lots
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  loving the refreshed Google Cloud documentation portal</b>. Good docs means happy
  developers. Go peruse our <a href=\"https://cloud.google.com/docs\">docs site</a>
  to see a brand new side navigation that makes exploration easier. And we added new
  domain overview pages and product pages. Give me any feedback you have!</li><li
  data-block-key=\"4ar23\"><b>Our mobile app finally gets me</b>. Are you running
  the iOS or Android app for Google Cloud? It’s a handy tool for managing your cloud
  on the go. We just turned on the <a href=\"https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/management-tools/personalized-service-health-incidents-in-google-cloud-mobile-app\">Personalized
  Service Health experience</a> so you can see the incidents that impact the services
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