While I love my own blog, it always feels nicer when I publish something more "official". My new piece is called "Enable on-demand expertise with Agent Skills in Genkit Go" and it is live on the Google for Developers blog: developers.googleblog.com/enable-on-de... #gemini #genkit #golang

Enable on-demand expertise with Agent Skills in Genkit Go

Optimize token usage in Genkit Go using Agent Skills. Learn how to implement progressive disclosure with SKILL.md to load specialized AI workflows on demand.

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"Slop" is the defining insult of this tech cycle. It’s a useful word, but should we use it to dismiss a whole new category of art without consideration? History says no. Every major technological shift in art triggers the same reaction. Read the full essay: danicat.dev/posts/202607...

For fun I created this cute infographic that illustrates the concept of Progressive Disclosure in Agent Skills. The technique here started with a pencil sketch, then I polished it using traditional digital art methods and applied final art with Nano Banana 2. TL;DR: use the best tool for the job :)

Some people questioned me what do I mean by "generating graphics programmatically". It literally means coding the graphics instead of loading assets like bitmaps. These two screenshots exemplify this technique for image and audio. Source code for Swarm Defense: github.com/danicat/swar...

Dear Developers 👋 The Google Cloud Shell now defaults to Java21 ☕ You are welcome 🙌 You can always switch back to Java17 by running $sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-1.17.0-openjdk-amd64 shell.cloud.google.com

This has been easily the most important talk I ever made. It is also a very niche one, so not everyone will appreciate it. Nevertheless, I had a lot of fun delivering it and I hope to do it again anytime soon. What do you think? Is generative AI pure slop? speakerdeck.com/danicat/gena...

GenAI and Art: Is it really just slop?

A journey through art and slop trying to answer the ultimate question: is GenAI art slop? Between art and slop we also draw a parallel of generative ar…

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This view became my new normal. First screenshot is a mega prompt with requirements as numbered lists. Second screenshot is the swarm of subagents working on it. You can read more about "swarm coding" and subagents here: danicat.dev/posts/202607...

Small update on the Megadrive *rally game* ? I added sprites and did some optimization so CPU is still at 70% usage with a stable 60 fps. I'm a bit disappointed by the sprite width limit per-line. I wanted a lot more dense vegetation but it's not possible with sprites. I'll try other methods.

How do you feel about AI voiceovers in HUMAN-generated content? Every talk I do there is always someone asking: is it going to be recorded? Which often the answer is no for several reasons. I would still write the script but it won’t be my voice… how do you feel about this?

Happy Monday everyone! It is a lovely weather here in the UK and I'm currently preparing for what is going to be the busiest week after I joined Google. Tomorrow I'm flying to Berlin for not one, but three events: the Google Developers Community Summit, I/O Connect Berlin and GDE Summit Europe!

What is stopping you from coding like this? #antigravity #gemini

Everyone thinks AI changed the whole software engineering pipeline to just: Prompt ➡️ Merge ➡️ Deploy. But AI only does one thing: Implementation. If you skip gathering requirements, testing, security, and monitoring just because an LLM wrote the code you are just generating tech debt faster.

Are you interested into how to build dynamic agentic interfaces? Tomorrow I'm hosting another #WednesdayBuildHour session at 12:00 BST / 13:00 CEST talking about A2UI: the protocol for agent-driven interfaces. Sign up here: goo.gle/wbh-agentic-...

Wednesday Build Hour: Build Rich Agentic Interfaces with ADK and A2UI | Google Developer Groups

Virtual Event - Transforming standard text chatbots into rich, interactive web applications with A2UI

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Thanks to everyone who spent a sunny Saturday with us at Google I/O Extended London! Had a blast giving the "State of Agentic Coding" keynote and facilitating the Match-3 game workshop. Slides & code are now available: danicat.dev/events/ #GDGLondon #Gemini #Antigravity #AI

Vibe coding has evolved. My agentic workflow after six months of daily use: - Prompting is replaced by planning - AGENTS.md replaced by reusable skills - Custom MCP + hooks for deterministic behavior Full post: danicat.dev/posts/202606...

State of Agentic Coding

Explore the evolution of agentic coding. Update on the shift to planning systems, strategic agent skills, and orchestrating subagents for better outcomes.

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im trying to share more content here regularly but im conflicted if it is worth the effort. if this account doesn’t massively pick up a following in the next couple of months I think i will just drop it in favour of LinkedIn and twitter

Everyone talks about skills and MCPs these days, but let's not forget about our friendly hooks system to put some order into the agentic coding chaos. Read more about it in this new blog post: danicat.dev/posts/202606...

Mastering Hooks in Coding Agents

Learn to use agent hooks to incorporate engineering best practices into your agentic coding loops.

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I’m preparing my most divisive talk yet: “Generative AI and Art: is it really just slop?” While those who know me probably already know where I am going with this I’m curious to hear your opinions! Is AI art art or slop?

Great news for Go developers! Now you can consume pkg.go.dev programmatically via a new API. Read the blog post here: go.dev/blog/pkgsite... I will introduce support for this in godoctor very soon :)

Among other things, I spend the last 8 hours banging my head against AGY CLI so you don't have to do so. I'm particularly frustrated with the plugin system, as it is nothing as robust as Gemini CLI extensions. Importing hooks and sub-agents failed completely.

Have you missed I/O and want to get up to speed with the new annoucements about developer tooling? This article is for you: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Antigravity 2.0 (danicat.dev/posts/202605... )

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Antigravity 2.0

A guide to the Google Antigravity 2.0 ecosystem announced at Google I/O 2026. We examine the standalone desktop application, the Go-based terminal CLI, and the programmatic Python SDK.

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Today is the big day! Soon Google I/O 2026 will begin with many new product announcements from Google. The keynote starts at 6:00 PM BST and you can watch it on YouTube! I'll be posting about it later today and over the course of the week.

Are Agile ceremonies dead, or just waiting to be automated? 🤖 Here is my guide on how to scale Agentic workflows using the Agile foundations we already know. Read it here: danicat.dev/posts/202605... #Agile #AgenticCoding #AI

Starting in 10 minutes, join us on discord for a session about our top 10 codelabs from Cloud Next 26! This is an opportunity to talk about the recent announcements, plus you are taking home a curated list of codelabs to start developing some new skills right away! discord.gg/dMZ9a5wx?eve...

Join the Google Developer Community Discord Server!

We're a global community of developers sharing knowledge & ideas. Enjoy your coding journey with us! | 114058 members

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How is everyone enjoying the announcements from Google Cloud Next 2026? For those like me who are gutted they can't be there, join us on discord for our Developer Keynote Watch Party later today (18:30 UK BST, 17:30 CEST). No need for FOMO! discord.gg/google-dev-c...

Join the Google Developer Community Discord Server!

We're a global community of developers sharing knowledge & ideas. Enjoy your coding journey with us! | 113739 members

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Last Saturday I attended DevFest Pisa for the first time. It was a very well organised event and even though there was a bit of a language barrier the everyone was super friendly and very welcoming! (as expected from Italy) 🇮🇹☺️ #gemini #adk #genkit #devfest26

This has been one of the most interesting developments I've seen in the AI coding space. No one other than Milla Jovovich - yes, the movie star - released out of nowhere a new open source project called *mempalace*, a full fledged AI memory system which is performing very well across all benchmarks.

I took a two weeks break from socials due to a small surgery but now I'm slowly getting back to work. Did I miss anything important? I suppose not, after all, *nothing* happens in this industry in such a short time, right? ;)

I know I'm reaching the deadline that I promised about talking about Sharon (my AI Executive Assistant). While I still don't have a full featured article about her (working on it!), you can have fun building your own executive assistant following the steps in this codelab: goo.gle/codelab-clou...

Create Your Own Executive Assistant with Agent Development Kit  |  Google Codelabs

In this codelab you are going to learn how to create your own AI Executive Assistant using Agent Development Kit (ADK) and Gemini.

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This article I've published earlier this week, but I was so busy that I forgot to post about it... lol But it was good, it gave me time to "deslopify" it a bit more 😁 danicat.dev/posts/202603...

How to Do Code Reviews in the Agentic Era

A practical guide to modern code reviews. Learn where to invest your time and effort to consistently write quality software in the agentic world.

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