Daily Reading List – March 24, 2026 (#748)

Travel day to New York City, and thankfully I had decent airplane wifi. Tomorrow I get to talk to a couple hundred non-tech folks about AI. There’s a lot for me to learn!

[blog] Google ranks #1 on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list (https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/fast-company-innovative-companies/). Proud of my colleagues for rising to the moment and doing creative work everywhere in the company.

[article] Your database is about to become an AI tool. Is it ready? (https://thenewstack.io/securing-mcp-database-access/) Any AI app or system that lasts will need database access. Have you done the necessary steps to prepare?

[blog] Your Startup Is Probably Dead On Arrival (https://steveblank.com/2026/03/17/your-startup-is-probably-dead-on-arrival/). Well that’s a very uplifting title. But Steve Blank’s point is that if your startup is a couple of years old, you need to stop and look around to see what’s fundamentally changed.

[blog] RSAC ’26: Supercharging agentic AI defense with frontline threat intelligence (https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/rsac-26-supercharging-agentic-ai-defense-with-frontline-threat-intelligence/). Security is the topic of the week thanks to the RSA conference going on. Here’s our roundup of security-related data and news.

[blog] Bringing dark web intelligence into the AI era (https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/bringing-dark-web-intelligence-into-the-ai-era/). It’s dangerous out there, but the tools are getting better and giving you a leg up on adversaries.

[blog] M-Trends 2026: Data, Insights, and Strategies From the Frontlines (https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/m-trends-2026/). This is quality data about the current threat landscape, and how it’s evolved over the past couple years.

[blog] In Defense of Deep Reading (https://thegrowtheq.com/in-defense-of-deep-reading/). Read as much as you can. I agree with everything in here.

[article] AWS at 20*: Inside the rise of Amazon’s cloud empire, and what’s at stake in the AI era (https://www.geekwire.com/2026/aws-at-20-inside-the-rise-of-amazons-cloud-empire-and-whats-at-stake-in-the-ai-era/). Long, insightful story about the orgins of AWS with quotes from insiders.

[article] Why aren’t AI productivity gains higher? (https://newsletter.getdx.com/p/why-arent-ai-productivity-gains-higher) No one can sell you productivity. They can sell you tools to make yourself more productive. But only if the circumstances are set up for success.

[blog] Skills vs. Tools: Replacing the Google Firestore MCP Server with Skills (+ Go Binaries) (https://medium.com/google-cloud/skills-vs-tools-replacing-the-google-firestore-mcp-server-with-skills-go-binaries-b190aa48966c). Neat pattern. Build super fast, local binaries that act like tools from within an agent skill.

[article] When Senior Leaders Lack People Skills, Transformations Fail (https://hbr.org/2026/03/when-senior-leaders-lack-people-skills-transformations-fail). No matter how good (or bad) you are at the people parts of the job, we can all get better. And should.

[blog] Your AI agent can now create, edit, and manage content on WordPress.com (https://wordpress.com/blog/2026/03/20/ai-agent-manage-content/). Hmm. I’ll probably pass, although some of the operational tasks might come in handy.

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