How automated rebasing works on Cloud Run
A technical overview of automated base image updates on Cloud Run.
Cloud Run
Cloud Run is a container platform on Google Cloud, and I'm part of the Cloud Run team at Google. Before joining Google, I wrote the O'Reilly book on it.
How to set up a custom domain and HTTPS redirects on Cloud Run
Use these gcloud commands to configure a custom domain for a Cloud Run service with a managed SSL certificate and a HTTP-to-HTTPS redirect.
Cloud Run at Cloud Next 2026
A guide to the most promising Cloud Run sessions at Google Cloud Next 2026 in Las Vegas.
Automating OS patches on Cloud Run
Cloud Run’s automated rebasing keeps your services patched against OS vulnerabilities with zero downtime and zero developer intervention.
Cloud Run at Cloud Next 2025
Get ready for Cloud Next 2025, where Cloud Run takes center stage with sessions covering everything from new features and serverless GPUs to AI agents and high-availability services.
Cloud Run GPUs
Google Cloud Run supports on-demand NVIDIA L4 and RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs, enabling fast, flexible, and cost-effective deployment of AI workloads with full scale-to-zero capabilities.
TEQNation 2024: using RAG and ReACT to extend your LLM app
At TEQNation 2024, I demonstrated how to build a complex LLM app using RAG and ReACT, grounded in over 20 million Hacker News comments, and explained how I did data scraping, indexing, and implementation with LangChain and Cloud Run.
Build and deploy a LangChain app with a vector database
Learn to build a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) app with LangChain and Gemini on Cloud Run, using a vector database to answer questions from Cloud Run release notes.
Building generative AI apps on Google Cloud with LangChain
At Cloud Next 2024, I joined LangChain's founder and others to show how to build generative AI applications on Google Cloud using LangChain. I've included a demo of L'Oreal's internal GPT and a hands-on guide to building a LangChain app from scratch.
Run Gemma with Ollama on Cloud Run
Deploy Google's Gemma 2B open model on Cloud Run using Ollama for CPU-based inference with this sample project, providing an accessible way to run smaller LLMs in a serverless environment.
Building serverless applications with Google Cloud Run (December 2020)
My O'Reilly book on Google Cloud Run teaches you how to deploy containerized applications on a highly scalable serverless platform, with practical examples for developers, sysadmins, and cloud engineers.
Recent posts
Auto-formatting Python with Ruff in Gemini CLI
Learn how to set up a hook in Gemini CLI that uses Ruff to format and sort imports in your Python code every time it modifies a file.
More writing in 2026
I decided to commit to writing more on this blog in 2026 because writing helps me think clearly, and I've not been doing it enough lately.
2025 in review
A summary of my 2025 writing, focusing on Gemini CLI, Agent Development Kit, and Python data visualization.