Best of Google — August 2025

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    Avatar of hnHacker News·40w

    google/mangle

    Mangle is Google's open-source programming language that extends Datalog for deductive database programming. It enables querying data from multiple sources uniformly and supports recursive rules, aggregation, and function calls. The language is particularly useful for vulnerability detection, dependency analysis, and knowledge graph modeling. Implemented as a Go library, Mangle can be embedded into applications and offers practical extensions beyond traditional Datalog while maintaining accessibility for developers.

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    Avatar of developingdevThe Developing Dev·38w

    Stripe CTO on What Grew His Career, Hiring Without Leetcode, Coding as a Leader (Career Story)

    Former Stripe CTO David Singleton shares insights from his journey from junior engineer to VP at Google and CTO at Stripe. He discusses the transition from IC to management, the importance of engineering leaders staying technical through practices like 'engineer-acation', hiring without leetcode interviews, and building effective engineering organizations. Key topics include managing managers, scaling teams, communication strategies for leaders, and making career decisions based on personal fulfillment rather than just advancement.

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    Avatar of arcjetArcjet·41w

    How long until we need to block Google?

    Google's AI Overviews are reducing website traffic as search results increasingly provide direct answers instead of linking out. Public companies report traffic declines from 52% to 28%, though Google claims overall click volume remains stable. Unlike OpenAI's granular bot controls, Google offers limited options for site owners to control how their content is used in AI features. Site owners can only block all Google crawling or allow everything, creating a dilemma as the traditional web traffic contract may be breaking down.

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    Avatar of 80lv80 LEVEL·41w

    Google Offered $34.5B for Chrome, May Be Forced to Sell

    AI startup Perplexity has offered $34.5 billion to acquire Google's Chrome browser, claiming it would benefit users by moving the product to an independent operator. This comes as Google faces potential forced divestiture following a federal judge's ruling that the company violated antitrust laws by maintaining a search monopoly. The DOJ has proposed aggressive remedies including forcing Google to sell Chrome and limit Android's default search arrangements. Perplexity plans to keep Google as the default search engine and continue supporting the open-source Chromium platform if the acquisition proceeds.

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    Avatar of googledevsGoogle Developers·42w

    The Google Developer Program is evolving

    Google Developer Program introduces new monthly subscription tier at $24.99/month, launches centralized forums at discuss.google.dev, and expands AI tool access. The program now offers flexible pricing, unified community platform with migrated existing forums, and enhanced benefits including Google Cloud credits, Gemini Code Assist Standard, and Firebase Studio Workspaces. A new Google Cloud & NVIDIA Community provides specialized learning pathways for AI inference tasks.

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    Avatar of dhhDavid Heinemeier Hansson·42w

    YouTube has earned its crown

    DHH reflects on YouTube's role as a reliable archive for technical content, contrasting it with Google's tendency to shut down other services. He highlights how YouTube has become his primary learning platform through tech creators and showcases his own channel featuring historical Rails content from 2006-2009. The post argues that YouTube deserves recognition as an international treasure for preserving educational content, despite broader criticisms of Google's business practices.

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    Avatar of fireshipFireship·38w

    Google’s nano banana is bananas… let’s run it

    Google released Gemini Flash 2.5 image (nicknamed 'Nano Banana'), a new AI image editing model that enables photo alterations through text prompts while maintaining character consistency. The model costs 3.9 cents per image via API, excels at blending multiple images, and can generate realistic photos based on locations or sketches. However, it has limitations including text rendering issues, prompt adherence problems, and heavy content censorship.

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    Google’s Genie model makes realistic worlds in realtime…

    Google DeepMind released Genie 3, a world model that generates controllable virtual environments from text prompts in real-time at 720p/24fps. The model creates interactive worlds with physical properties for robot training simulations. OpenAI released GPT-O OSS under Apache 2.0 license, offering open-source reasoning capabilities that can run locally. Anthropic upgraded Claude Opus 4.1 with improved software engineering capabilities, particularly for multifile code refactoring in large projects.

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    Avatar of medium_jsMedium·42w

    Google Gemini 2.5 Deep Think : The best ever AI is here

    Google released Gemini 2.5 Deep Think, an AI model that prioritizes reasoning over speed by taking more time to think through problems. Available to Ultra subscribers, it achieved bronze-level performance at the International Math Olympiad and leads benchmarks in coding and mathematical reasoning. Unlike traditional chatbots that respond instantly, Deep Think uses parallel reasoning and reinforcement learning to test ideas and revise answers, making it ideal for complex problems in mathematics, coding, and design. The model is more cautious and less prone to hallucination but may refuse some harmless requests.

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    Avatar of javarevisitedJavarevisited·41w

    7 Best Books to Learn Golang Programming Language in 2025

    A curated list of seven essential books for learning Go programming language in 2025, ranging from beginner-friendly introductions to advanced topics like network programming and software engineering. The recommendations include classics like 'The Go Programming Language' by Donovan and Kernighan, practical guides for hands-on learning, and specialized books covering areas like networking and software engineering with Go. Each book recommendation includes target audience information and key learning outcomes.

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    Avatar of collectionsCollections·39w

    Introducing Material 3 Expressive: A Comprehensive Design System for Wear OS

    Google launched Material 3 Expressive, a new design system specifically built for Wear OS that optimizes user interfaces for round screens and battery-sensitive devices. The system features edge-hugging buttons, TransformingLazyColumn for smooth scrolling, 3-slot tile layouts, dynamic color palettes, variable fonts, and shape morphing animations. Developers get access to Figma design kits and code examples to build engaging, brand-expressive wearable applications with intuitive swipe gestures and quick information access.

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    Google just killed another great product...

    Google is discontinuing Chrome OS as an independent operating system, merging it into Android to create a unified platform across phones, tablets, and laptops. While officially framed as a merger, Chrome OS will effectively become a compatibility layer as Android takes over. The transition aims to reduce costs and development complexity while positioning Android as Google's single long-term platform, particularly for AI integration with Gemini. Existing Chromebook users face uncertainty, with developer previews expected in late 2025 and consumer devices in 2026, while challenges remain around update fragmentation and creating a proper desktop experience on Android.

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