All posts tagged: Rebuilt

The modern data stack was built for humans asking questions. Google just rebuilt its for agents taking action.

The modern data stack was built for humans asking questions. Google just rebuilt its for agents taking action.

Published by skeptic

Enterprise data stacks were built for humans running scheduled queries. As AI agents increasingly act autonomously on behalf of businesses around the clock, that architecture is breaking down — and vendors are racing to rebuild it. Google’s answer, announced at Cloud Next on Wednesday, is the Agentic Data Cloud. The architecture has three pillars: Knowledge Catalog. Automates semantic metadata curation, inferring business logic from query logs without manual data steward intervention Cross-cloud lakehouse. Lets BigQuery query Iceberg tables on AWS S3 via private network with no egress fees Data Agent Kit. Drops MCP tools into VS Code, Claude Code and Gemini CLI so data engineers describe outcomes rather than write pipelines “The data architecture has to change now,” Andi Gutmans, VP and GM of Data Cloud at Google Cloud, told VentureBeat. “We’re moving from human scale to agent scale.” From system of intelligence to system of action The core premise behind Agentic Data Cloud is that enterprises are moving from human‑scale to agent‑scale operations. Historically, data platforms have been optimized for reporting, dashboarding, and some …

I stripped out my router’s built-in features and rebuilt them with Docker

I stripped out my router’s built-in features and rebuilt them with Docker

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Modern routers love to brag about ad blocking, smart DNS, traffic control, security layers, AI-this, and cloud-that. If I give it another firmware update, it’ll probably start offering life-coaching services. And for a while, I bought into all that. I let my router run most of my home network like some overconfident middle manager who just discovered dashboards. It “optimized traffic.” It “protected devices.” It made decisions I never explicitly asked for. It also randomly broke things: websites timing out for no reason, DNS slowing down like it needed a vape break, and devices behaving differently depending on what corner of the crib they were in, as if my Wi-Fi suddenly developed moods. Every time I opened the settings, everything looked fine. Because, of course, it did. That’s when I realized something slightly awkward. I had no idea what my own network was actually doing. So I did the only reasonable thing and turned all of it off. I stopped trusting my router When “it just works” slowly stops working Pankil Shah/MakeUseOf Credit: Pankil Shah/MakeUseOf It didn’t …

Emanuel Perathoner rebuilt his career after a knee replacement and won Paralympic gold

Emanuel Perathoner rebuilt his career after a knee replacement and won Paralympic gold

Published by Jenni Sidey

He gave up skiing at eight years old. Too boring. That detail tells you something about Emanuel Perathoner before anything else does. The Italian snowboarder who stood on top of a Paralympic podium in Cortina on March 8, gold medal around his neck, crowd roaring in his home Dolomites, has always needed more than just speed. He needs the chaos around it. Snowboard cross gives him that. Six riders launching from the same gate, jostling through banked turns and jumps, everyone trying to survive and accelerate at the same time. It is not a lonely discipline. It suits him exactly. What it took to get him there, however, was a different kind of test entirely. Emanuel Perathoner stood on top of a Paralympic podium in Cortina on March 8, gold medal around his neck. (CREDIT: Remi Vallat/OIS) The Knee That Changed Everything In 2021, Perathoner attempted a jump called a double, clearing two rollers in sequence. He landed short. His tibial plateau, the flat surface at the top of the shinbone that forms the base …

Vercel rebuilt v0 to tackle the 90% problem: Connecting AI-generated code to existing production infrastructure, not prototypes

Vercel rebuilt v0 to tackle the 90% problem: Connecting AI-generated code to existing production infrastructure, not prototypes

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Before Claude Code wrote its first line of code, Vercel was already in the vibe coding space with its v0 service. The basic idea behind the original v0, which launched in 2024, was essentially to be version 0. That is, the earliest version of an application, helping developers solve the blank canvas problem.  Developers could prompt their way to a user interface (UI) scaffolding that looked good, but the code was disposable. Getting those prototypes into production required rewrites. More than 4 million people have used v0 to build millions of prototypes, but the platform was missing elements required to get into production. The challenge is a familiar one with vibe coding tools, as there is a gap in what tools provide and what enterprise builders require. Claude Code, for instance, generates backend logic and scripts effectively, but does not deploy production UIs within existing company design systems while enforcing security policies This creates what Vercel CPO Tom Occhino calls “the world’s largest shadow IT problem.” AI-enabled software creation is already happening inside every enterprise. Credentials …

I rebuilt my Windows setup using only free open-source apps

I rebuilt my Windows setup using only free open-source apps

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The default Windows setup is complete enough for most workflows. You get a browser, media player, and capable system tools that help you navigate your daily work demands. The OS pushes additional Microsoft products and tools that make Windows even more capable. Overall, you get both freemium and paid apps that are sufficient for most tasks. However, I decided to rebuild my Windows setup using only free open-source apps. The goal wasn’t simply to find Microsoft 365 alternatives. I was building a different system and trying to break free from the Microsoft ecosystem to whatever extent possible, while still using Windows 11. I stopped letting Windows decide how I work Replacing default behaviors instead of tweaking them Screenshot by Pankil Shah — No attribution required There are many areas of Windows that people try to fix. For me, the first point that had to change was how I interact with my files; I’ve always felt the built-in search could be better, smarter, and faster. Also, Windows File Explorer favors clicking and browsing, but it isn’t …

White House bunker to be rebuilt and upgraded

White House bunker to be rebuilt and upgraded

Published by Sam Flores

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‘I will only live here if the neighborhood is rebuilt to withstand fire’

‘I will only live here if the neighborhood is rebuilt to withstand fire’

Published by Sam Flores

On the Pacific Coast Highway, near the beaches of Malibu, the sign announcing a “21-mile scenic route” no longer delivers on its promise. While the charred debris from beachside restaurants burned down during the January 2025 wildfires has been cleared away, dozens of construction vehicles, noisy mobile generators, and miles of fencing mar the view of the ocean. Behind these barricades, concrete posts that once anchored cafés, ice cream parlors, and restaurants remain half-buried, giving the remnants the appearance of ancient ruins. One year ago today, on January 7, 2025, wildfires that began on the outskirts of Los Angeles spread into the urban area, causing 31 deaths, 100,000 evacuations, and the destruction of more than 16,000 buildings. Since the tragedy, investigations have multiplied in an attempt to clarify who was responsible for the disasters that made that day one of the most expensive in the history of the American West Coast, with insurance claims alone amounting to several tens of billions of dollars and economic damage likely ten times higher, spread out over several years. …

One Couple Rebuilt An Entire Village At The Edge Of Europe

One Couple Rebuilt An Entire Village At The Edge Of Europe

Published by Jenni Sidey

On the edge of Europe, on the tiny volcanic island of Flores, there was a town that had been abandoned for decades. Until one couple with a dream took on the challenge of rebuilding it with nothing but love and determination. If you leave the mainland of Europe behind and travel two thousand kilometers out into the Atlantic Ocean, you will find a tiny speck of land. Flores Island, part of the Portuguese Azores Archipelago, looks like paradise. Lush green forests, volcanic lakes, waterfalls, and ocean waves. However, beauty comes with a price. The island is small and isolated, and it faces heavy winter storms. Hurricane Lorenzo completely destroyed their only harbor in 2019 and disconnected them further, making it almost impossible to receive deliveries and imports that the island relies on. Problems like this are not new, which is why most of the initial population moved to the United States, Canada, or mainland Europe, leaving many villages abandoned, including the village of Cuada. That’s where Teotónia and Carlos Silva come into the story. They …

Trump-Bibi Meeting: US Will “Knock The Hell” Out Of Iran If Nuke Sites Rebuilt

Trump-Bibi Meeting: US Will “Knock The Hell” Out Of Iran If Nuke Sites Rebuilt

Published by Jenni Sidey

Among the more notable moments during President Trump’s visit with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while hosting him at the Mar-a-Lago resort Monday, came when the two discussed potential future military action against Iran. Trump threatened to “knock the hell” out of Iran if the country starts rebuilding its nuclear program again, after the US major June ‘bunker-busting’ strikes on three nuclear facilities as part of the June war. AFP via Getty Images Trump warned that the US would “have to knock them down” if there are any signs of reconstruction at either Fordow, Natanz, or Isfahan.  He said the following while standing beside his close Israeli ally Netanyahu: “Now I hear that Iran is trying to build up again,” Trump said. “And if they are we’re going to have to knock them down.” “We’ll knock the hell out of them,” Trump added. “But hopefully that’s not happening.” This is music to Netanyahu’s ears, also as he reportedly pressed his US counterpart on greenlighting possible new strikes on Iranian ballistic missile sites, which Israel says constitutes …