Best of Google Cloud Platform — April 2025

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   Hacker News·1y

   One line of code that did cost $8,000

   Screen Studio, a macOS screen recorder app, inadvertently generated 2 petabytes of network traffic on Google Cloud due to a bug in its auto-updater. The issue arose from a missing code line that failed to stop downloads after the update file was obtained, causing repeated downloads every 5 minutes. This led to significant financial costs and user consequences, highlighting the importance of setting cloud alerts and carefully managing auto-updater codes.

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   Medium·1y

   Building Multi-Agent with Google's A2A (Agent2Agent) Protocol, Agent Development Kit(ADK), and MCP (Model Context Protocol) - A Deep Dive(Full Code)

   Explore building a multi-agent AI application using Google’s A2A protocol, ADK, and MCP. Delve into core concepts like task-based communication, agent discovery, framework-agnostic interoperability, multi-modal messaging, and standardized message structures. Learn about a practical demo involving a multi-agent travel planner that showcases these principles in action.

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   Event Store·1y

   Kurrent Cloud: Introducing Shared Infrastructure

   Kurrent Cloud has introduced a new Shared Infrastructure feature, focusing on scalable, secure, and efficient deployments using Kubernetes. This marks a significant evolution in the company's cloud-native architecture, offering multiple deployment options including fully hosted, bring your own cloud (BYOC), and hybrid models. The platform architecture includes separate control and data planes, utilizing Kubernetes for elasticity, cost efficiency, and wide community support. Shared Infrastructure provides an entry point for users, with different deployment tiers for development and production environments.

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