Here’s which Google AI developer tool to use for each situation

Do you remember packing for an extended trip twenty years ago? We had to load up a camera, a day planner, a pile of books, a handheld gaming device, a map-stuffed tourist guide, a phone, a CD player, and maybe some cashier’s checks. Now? Just remember your smartphone! 

This is an example of consolidation, but sometimes diversification happens. For example, it wasn’t long ago that your “computer” was simply a desktop PC that was your one device for everything. Now, we have laptops for portable work, tablets for casual digital consumption, smartphones for on-the-go internet, smart TVs for watching every type of content, and a myriad of gaming consoles. 

This dynamic reminds me of the current state of developer tooling. Until recently, it was fairly static — UX design tools for mock-ups, IDEs to write code, build systems to assemble artifacts, systems and shell scripting to get infrastructure and ...