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Antigravity for Developers: Lifting the Burden with Gemini 3 Agents

2025-12-16 17:05:57

The constant pressure to innovate and deliver faster is a familiar burden for every developer. Days are often consumed by repetitive tasks, debugging, and navigating complex workflows, leaving little room for the creative problem-solving that truly fuels progress.

What if developers could experience a form of "antigravity," liberating them from these tedious constraints? The answer might lie in Gemini 3 Agents.

These intelligent agents, powered by the cutting-edge reasoning capabilities of Gemini 3, promise to revolutionise the development landscape by automating complex, multi-step tasks.

They act as tireless assistants, capable of understanding intricate instructions and executing them with precision and efficiency. Imagine offloading tasks like code generation, bug fixing, documentation creation, and even complex refactoring to a dedicated agent. This is the potential unlocked by Gemini 3 Agents.

Automate Impossible Tasks

Unlike simple scripts that follow rigid instructions, Gemini 3 Agents can interpret natural language requests, reason about the underlying code, and dynamically adjust their strategies based on the context of the project. This level of intelligence allows them to tackle tasks that were previously impossible to automate, freeing up developers to focus on higher-level challenges.

The key to their transformative power lies in their ability to understand and adapt to the nuances of the development process.

How do Gemini 3 Agents work in practice?

Consider a scenario where a developer needs to implement a new feature. Instead of manually writing all the code, they can instruct a Gemini 3 Agent to generate the initial code structure, including necessary functions and classes, based on a brief description of the feature's requirements. The agent can then integrate this code into the existing codebase, ensuring compatibility and adherence to coding standards. Furthermore, it can even write unit tests to verify the functionality of the newly implemented feature.

The benefits extend beyond simple code generation. Gemini 3 Agents can also play a crucial role in debugging and error resolution.

By analysing error logs and code snippets, they can identify potential causes of bugs and suggest solutions. They can even automatically implement fixes, significantly reducing the time spent on tedious debugging sessions.

The advantages

Automating repetitive tasks frees up developers to focus on more complex and creative aspects of their work, leading to a significant boost in overall productivity. This streamlined workflows and automated tasks contribute to faster development cycles, allowing teams to deliver projects more quickly. By removing the burden of tedious tasks, Gemini 3 Agents can improve developer satisfaction and create a more engaging and fulfilling work environment.

The introduction of Gemini 3 Agents marks a paradigm shift in software development. It's not about replacing developers, but about augmenting their capabilities and empowering them to achieve more. As these agents become more sophisticated and integrated into the development ecosystem, the potential for unlocking unprecedented levels of productivity and innovation in the software industry is truly limitless. The future of development is here, and it's lighter than ever before.

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I hope you enjoyed this article, until next time 👋

Proxy market forecast 2026: How regulation (GDPR, CCPA) is reshaping the landscape

2025-12-16 17:00:00

As the demand for data-driven decisions explodes, the proxy market is growing at double-digit rates. Brands, security teams, and researchers all lean on large pools of residential and mobile IPs to see the real web. At the same time, high-profile breaches and enforcement actions are forcing companies to rethink how they use proxies and GDPR together, and to move away from shady IP sources toward transparent, compliant, truly ethical proxies.

By 2026, this tension between growth and regulation will decide who survives in the proxy industry. The key question is now: what is KYC for proxy providers in 2026? Buyers are already looking for KYC GDPR compliant proxies and for every serious ISO 27001 proxy provider before they dare to buy residential and mobile proxies on scale, hoping to stay ahead of both competitors and regulators. According to recent forecasts, the global proxy server service market is set to grow from around USD 2.51 billion in 2024 to more than USD 5 billion by 2033.

Global proxy server service market size forecast (2024–2033)

The proxy server service market is expected to more than double between 2024 and 2033, even as GDPR / CCPA enforcement keeps tightening around how those IPs can be used.

From raw IPs to regulated assets: Proxies and GDPR / CCPA basics

Under GDPR and CCPA, IP addresses, cookies and device fingerprints are treated as personal data rather than harmless technical metadata. For proxy vendors and their customers, proxies and GDPR are now inseparable: every request routed through a proxy, from log retention to profiling and geo-targeting, must be designed with data-protection rules in mind.

CCPA adds a US layer: California users can see what was collected about them, request deletion and opt out of “selling” their data, including information gathered via proxy-based tracking and scraping. Providers must distinguish California traffic, honour these rights and prove who is behind each stream of requests, which is why KYC GDPR compliant proxies are quickly becoming the default for sensitive use cases.

What has changed for proxy providers after GDPR / CCPA:

  • Logs and IP addresses are no longer “purely technical”; they are treated as personal data that must be minimised and protected.
  • Transparent Terms of Service and a detailed Privacy Policy are mandatory, not optional extras.
  • Data subject access and deletion requests can now include information obtained via proxies.
  • Vendor contracts and sub-processors must explicitly cover proxies and GDPR obligations and incident handling.

GDPR vs CCPA: what it means for proxy providers

Ignoring proxies and GDPR / CCPA in 2026 means accepting higher chances of fines, lost partnerships and reputational damage. The market is therefore shifting toward providers that can prove ethical sourcing of IPs, enforceable KYC processes and audited security controls like ISO 27001 turning proxies from raw infrastructure into fully regulated assets.

KYC proxy provider and ethical proxies

Today, the core question for any serious buyer is what is KYC for proxy providers in practice? It means treating every new client like a regulated partner: verifying company details, checking documents, validating payment methods and screening use cases. Instead of letting anyone spin up traffic for any purpose, every serious KYC proxy provider builds policies to filter out fraud, credential stuffing, and carding.

This is where KYC GDPR compliant proxies become the new baseline. Logs are collected and stored according to GDPR principles: minimisation, limited retention and strict access control. In practice, KYC- and GDPR-compliant proxies let both the client and the KYC proxy provider demonstrate that they know who is behind the traffic, why it is being sent and how related data will be handled throughout its lifecycle.

Ethical proxies: Meaning in 2026

Residential and mobile IPs are sourced with explicit opt-in and fair compensation, not bundled from shady apps or malware. The provider enforces a list of forbidden scenarios, actively monitors traffic patterns and is transparent about partners across the whole supply chain. In other words, ethical proxies combine KYC, consented IP sourcing and continuous monitoring.

How to spot an ethical ISO 27001 proxy provider:

  • The website openly states that the company is an ISO 27001 proxy provider, with a certificate number or link to an audit summary you can verify.
  • There is a detailed description of the KYC flow: which data is collected, how it is stored, how long it is retained and under which conditions it is deleted.
  • Privacy and security sections explicitly cover proxies and GDPR: who is the data controller, how logs are handled and how data subject requests are processed.
  • The provider mentions regular external audits, penetration tests or bug bounty programmes, reinforcing the picture of an ISO 27001 proxy provider with an actively maintained ISMS.
  • Support can explain how they apply KYC checks in practice; if a supposed KYC proxy provider is vague about red flags or escalation paths, that’s a warning sign.

Taken together, these elements show how the market is shifting away from cheap, opaque IP pools toward KYC GDPR compliant proxies operated by verifiable, ISO 27001 proxy provider-level players.

How to buy residential and mobile proxies in 2026 without breaking GDPR?

In 2026, it’s no longer enough to simply buy residential and mobile proxies from the cheapest vendor and hope for the best. Each purchase decision now needs to factor in the provider’s jurisdiction, its logging and retention policy, the presence of KYC checks, whether it operates as an ISO 27001-level player. In other words, when compliance is on the line, due diligence matters just as much as IP pool size or pricing.

Quick checklist before you commit:

  • Confirm that it is a real ISO 27001 proxy provider with a certificate number or public reference to an accredited audit.
  • Read the Privacy Policy and DPA sections that cover proxies and GDPR and, ideally, CCPA, to see how they treat IPs, logs and data subject rights.
  • Make sure your intended use case sits on the “allowed” side of their AUP, and that they explicitly talk about running ethical proxies, not turning a blind eye to abuse.
  • Look at which data is collected and stored as part of KYC GDPR compliant proxies: is it minimised, encrypted and time-bound, or hoarded indefinitely?
  • Understand how the provider sources its residential and mobile IPs (opt-in, compensation, consent flows) before you buy residential and mobile proxies at scale.

Global spread of data protection regimes (2016–2026)

Citations

[1] “Proxy infrastructure transparency checklist”, Astro (2025)
[2] “GDPR data subject rights: An in-depth guide with examples”, Celestine Bahr, Usercentrics (2025)
[3] “What Is the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)?”, Palo Alto Networks (n.d.)
[4] “Data protection explained”, European Commission (n.d.)
[5] “Data protection and privacy laws now in effect in 144 countries”, Aly Apacible-Bernardo & Kayla Bushey, IAPP (2025)
[6] “Data protection in development: Where are we headed?”, Nay Constantine, World Bank (2025)
[7] “Countries with Data Privacy Laws – By Year 1973–2016 (Tables)”, Graham Greenleaf, Macquarie University / Privacy Laws & Business International Report (2017)
[8] “Proxy Server Service Market Size & Forecast [2033]”, Market Growth Reports (2025)

Some SaaS Products Are Bigger Than They Look

2025-12-16 16:59:59

I keep seeing SaaS founders kill products way too early.

Not because the product was bad.
Mostly because they didn’t know what to do with it.

The pattern is always similar. There are users. Sometimes a lot of them. People sign up, use one or two things, and then disappear from the story because the founder is focused on something else. Revenue is low or zero, so the assumption is “this isn’t working”.

But usage doesn’t lie the way revenue can.

If people are finding a tool on their own and using it without hand-holding, that already puts it ahead of most ideas that never get past a landing page. The mistake is treating that as a dead end instead of a starting point.

Another thing that shows up a lot is founders guessing who the user is instead of checking. The product gets described as “for teams” or “for individuals” or “for startups” because that sounds reasonable. Then you actually look at who’s using it and it’s IT people, or ops people, or someone in legal who just needs something not to break.

Those users don’t talk loudly. They don’t tweet. They don’t care about roadmaps. They just need the thing to exist when they need it.

That kind of product always gets underpriced.

There’s also this belief that if a SaaS looks simple, it must be worth very little. But a lot of software that companies rely on is boring on the surface. It saves history. It keeps records. It makes sure something can be found later. No one is excited about it until it’s gone.

When founders finally realize this, they usually think the solution is to rebuild. New UI, more features, bigger vision. In most cases that’s unnecessary. The product already does the job. The issue is that no one ever said clearly what the job was.

This feels more important now because shipping software isn’t some rare skill anymore. Getting something live is easy. Figuring out why people keep using it without talking about it is the part most founders never really dig into.

If you have a SaaS that feels too small or not very exciting, it’s probably worth pausing before dropping it. Ask a simple question: who would actually be irritated if this stopped working tomorrow? That answer usually tells you more than another feature ever will.

Sometimes the product isn’t weak.
It’s just misunderstood.

Workflow Deep Dive

2025-12-16 16:59:06

LinkedIn Draft — Workflow (2025-12-16)

🚀 Designing resilient Kubernetes rollouts

Short, advanced explainer — practical & principle-focused.

Workflow
1️⃣ Prefer canary over blue/green for high-traffic services.
2️⃣ Use P95 error-rate + latency as promotion gates.
3️⃣ Automate rollback on SLO breach.
4️⃣ Document failure budgets by team.

Key takeaway: Confidence > speed. Guardrails and observability turn velocity into reliability.

🔗 Deep dive: https://neeraja-portfolio-v1.vercel.app/resources

kubernetes #reliability #devops #sre

Mini project to demonstrate VPC peering in AWS using Terraform

2025-12-16 16:58:54

Day 15 of #30daysofawsterraform challenge

🎯 This mini project demonstrates cross-region VPC peering, enabling secure private communication between EC2 instances in different AWS regions while maintaining network isolation and controlled access. The setup enables secure, low-latency communication between resources in both VPCs using private IP addresses.

✅ What is VPC Peering?

VPC Peering is a networking connection between two Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) that enables private IP communication between them as if they were part of the same network.

Architecture:

✅ In this demo we creates:

✨ Networking section:
1. Two VPC in us-east-1 & us-west-2
2. Configure one public subnet in each VPC
3. Internet Gateways - one for each VPC to allow internet access
4. Custom route tables with routes to internet and peered VPC
5. VPC peering - Cross-region peering between the two VPCs

✨ Compute Resources:
1. EC2 instances in each VPC

✨ Configure Security Groups:
1. SSH access from anywhere (port 22)
2. ICMP (ping) allowed from peered VPC
3. All TCP traffic allowed between VPCs

💡 Below are the detailed steps we followed to implement the project:

📌Step 1: Prerequisites:

  1. aws cli should be installed
  2. Terraform should be installed
  3. Configure AWS Credentials using "aws configure" command

📌Step 2: Create SSH Key Pairs in each region

# Create key pair in us-east-1
aws ec2 create-key-pair \
--key-name vpc-peering-demo-east \
--region us-east-1 \
--query 'KeyMaterial' \
--output text > vpc-peering-demo-east.pem

# Create key pair in us-west-2
aws ec2 create-key-pair \
--key-name vpc-peering-demo-west \
--region us-west-2 \
--query 'KeyMaterial' \
--output text > vpc-peering-demo-west.pem

✅ Main.tf file:

📌Step 3:
Provisioned a Primary VPC in us-east-1 and a Secondary VPC in us-west-2 using separate provider aliases.

📌Step 4:
Public subnet was created in each VPC using region-specific availability zones.

📌Step 5:
Internet Gateways were created and attached to both VPCs. This enables outbound internet access and inbound connectivity for public resources.

📌Step 6:
Custom route tables were created for both VPCs with a default route (0.0.0.0/0) pointing to the Internet Gateway. Each route table was associated with its corresponding subnet. This ensures proper routing for internet traffic within each VPC.

📌Step 7:
A VPC peering connection was initiated from the Primary VPC to the Secondary VPC across regions. This establishes private connectivity between the two isolated networks.


Same has to be done from secondary VPC to primary VPC

📌Step 8:
Routes were added in both VPC route tables to direct traffic destined for the peer VPC CIDR via the peering connection. This enables bidirectional communication using private IP addresses.


Same has to be done from secondary VPC to primary VPC

📌Step 9:
Security groups were defined in each VPC to allow SSH access for administration. ICMP and TCP traffic were permitted between the VPC CIDR ranges to validate connectivity.


Same has to be done for Secondary VPC

📌Step 10:
EC2 instances were launched in each subnet using region-appropriate AMIs and key pairs.


Same has to be done for Secondary instance

📌Data_source.tf file:


Same has to be done for Secondary VPC

📌Locals.tf file:

📌Variables.tf file:

Outputs:

For more details refer:
Youtube: https://youtu.be/WGt000THDmQ?si=bjisghj-pts6-GPu
Github: https://github.com/Nandan3/Terraform-Full-Course-Aws/tree/main/lessons/day15

Devops #Terraform #AWS

Thanks to Piyush sachdeva The CloudOps Community

What Benefits Can Industrial IoT Bring to Factories?

2025-12-16 16:49:03

Industrial IoT refers to the technology that connects objects and equipment in an industrial environment to a network, enabling intelligent processing and remote control.
It involves connecting intelligent devices and machines to form a network, facilitating data transmission and equipment control.
With the help of gateways, relevant information about the equipment environment is collected, analyzed, and networked. Based on this information, we can view equipment details and control and maintain them from the backend, thereby optimizing processes and enhancing efficiency.
IoT serves as the foundation for building smart factories.

After understanding the relevant concepts, let's explore the benefits that Industrial IoT brings from a more practical and intuitive perspective, to better determine whether your factory needs the support of this technology for transformation.

Cost Reduction and Efficiency Improvement
Managing and maintaining different industrial equipment and networks can be costly and time-consuming.
 IoT can integrate all factory equipment, personnel, and processes onto a single platform, creating a digital factory.
 This significantly reduces the burden and costs associated with interfacing with various devices and multiple device protocols.
 Equipment information can be accessed and controlled from various terminals such as smartphones and computers.

Improved Operations and Process Optimization
Industrial IoT solutions provide real-time information on equipment performance and personnel, helping to simplify and improve business and work processes.
 By capturing IoT data and integrating it with data from other internal and external sources, Industrial IoT platforms can facilitate operational improvements in areas such as predictive maintenance and supply chain visibility based on tracking.

Reduced Downtime and Timely Maintenance
Industrial IoT enables the establishment of remote control channels between engineers and equipment, facilitating efficient remote operation and maintenance.
 This reduces losses caused by production downtime and allows engineers to work remotely.

Data Security and Risk Reduction
Industrial IoT provides security protection at both the hardware and software levels, such as security authentication and authorization, firewalls, and watchdogs, to ensure that IoT endpoints are not vulnerable to cyberattacks. It also guarantees the data security of factories, preventing data leakage losses caused by malicious attacks.