298: BigQuery Gits it With Devops

Welcome to episode 298 of The Cloud Pod &#8211; where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, Matthew and Ryan are in the house (and still very much missing Jonathan) to bring you a  jam packed show this week, with news from Beijing to Virginia! Did you know Virginia was in the US? Amazon definitely wants you to know that.  We’ve got updates from BigQuery Git Support and their new collab tools, plus all the AI updates you were hoping you’d miss. Tune in now!  Titles we almost went with this week: The Cloud Pod now Recorded from Planet Earth Wait Java still exists? When will java just be coffee and not software Cloudflare Makes AI beat Mazes Replacing native mobile things with mobile web apps won’t fix your problems AWS Turn your security over to the bots The Cloud Pod is lost in the AI labyrinth  AI security agents to secure the AI… wait recursion Durable + Stateless.. I don’t know if you know what those words means Click ops expands to our phones yay! The Cloud Pod is now a data analyst  Gitops come to bigquery A big thanks to this week’s sponsor: We’re sponsorless! Want to get your brand, company, or service in front of a very enthusiastic group of cloud news seekers? You’ve come to the right place! Send us an email or hit us up on our slack channel for more info.  AI Is Going Great &#8211; Or How ML Makes All Its Money   00:46 Manus, a New AI Agent From China is Going Viral—And Raising Big Questions   Manus is being described as &#8220;the first true autonomous AI agent&#8221; from China, capable of completing weeks of professional work in hours. Developed by a team called Butterfly Effect with offices in Beijing and Wuhan, Manus functions as a truly autonomous agent that independently analyzes, plans, and executes complex tasks.  The system uses a multi-agent architecture powered by several distinct AI models, including Anthropic&#8217;s Claude 3.5 Sonnet and fine-tuned versions of <a href="https://www.bing.com/aclk?ld=e8n5A5-cOgsyq-lYeBlS3PZTVUCUz-ZKvbA5qqjZlbAuDPT4vsT_rxA8z4NIYOnb_pGOrmHX6xBa3YdpdLlPI7eVPXvsqE55tnlKwjixAyJ7kslHJsFnHYdzfD210VZGXDOz0rXcQEt49mWa3Y2F4OYnqOw6U2K3T_yQr6Yz56mUgU4Be6YLKd1KarmsOqBLSu5D0mTg&amp;u=aHR0cCUzYSUyZiUyZnd3dy5BbGliYWJhLmNvbSUzZnNyYyUzZHNlbV9iaW5nJTI2ZmllbGQlM2RVRyUyNmZyb20lM2RzZW1fYmluZyUyNmNtcGduJTNkNDg0OTYwNDcwJTI2YWRncnAlM2QxMjk1MjI1ODM3NzY3NTM2JTI2dGd0JTNka3dkLTgwOTUxODcwMTQyODY5JTNhbG9jLTE5MCUyNkt3ZElEJTNkODA5NTE4NzAxNDI4NjklMjZtdGNodHlwJTNkZSUyNmJkbXRjaHR5cCslM2RiZSUyNm50d3JrJTNkbyUyNmRldmljZSUzZGMlMjZjcmVhdGl2ZSUzZDgwOTUxNjcwMDU0MDQ2JTI2cDElM2RkZWZhdWx0JTI2cDIlM2RkZWZhdW