I should also add there was a nice paper published about the clock system that Spanner uses to achieve some of its consistency properties with low latency:
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AI Assistance Becomes Default in Coding Practices
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haha nice i love that it just rolls the default over. "coding" basically assume AI assistance as the default coding now, legacy coding becomes "handcoding".
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Spanner Wins ACM SIGMOD Systems Award for Global Scale
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Great to see Spanner recognized with this year's ACM SIGMOD Systems Award "for reimagining relational data management to enable serializability with external consistency at global scale". I was fortunate to be able to work on the first versions of Spanner with awesome colleagues
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AI-Assisted Coding Workflow and Context Management Strategies
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Noticing myself adopting a certain rhythm in AI-assisted coding (i.e. code I actually and professionally care about, contrast to vibe code). 1. Stuff everything relevant into context (this can take a while in big projects. If the project is small enough just stuff everything
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Deep Research Lightweight Version Expands for All Users
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We've noticed many of you love using deep research, so we’re expanding usage for Plus, Team, and Pro users by introducing a lightweight version of deep research in order to increase current rate limits. We’re also rolling out the lightweight version to Free users.
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Hana Brings Enhanced Interactivity to Website Development
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Websites will get a ton more interactive elements because of Hana
— Linus ✦ Ekenstam (@LinusEkenstam) 24 avril 2025
via @splinetoolhttps://t.co/qrkF9zLm3IWebsites will get a ton more interactive elements because of Hana via @splinetool
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OpenAI Whisper Large V3 Now Available on SambaNova Cloud
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OpenAI Whisper Available in Preview! SambaNova Cloud now supports @OpenAI
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SambaNova Cloud Enables Multiple API Key Management
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Multiple API Key Support! You've been asking, so we are excited to announce an easier way to manage multiple API keys starting today! Devs can now create up to 25 keys & monitor usage of each on the API Key section of SambaNova Cloud! https://
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SambaNova Cloud launches Llama 4 Scout Maverick models
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Welcome to the SambaNova Cloud Lightning Digest, your quick read on the latest dev updates! TLDR: Llama 4 Scout & Maverick are Live! New Models: E5 Mistral & Whisper Multiple API Key Support Upcoming Events
