I Tried Building an AI Agent with Google Cloud — Here’s What Nobody Tells You

Introduction: At Google Cloud NEXT 26, one of the most interesting shifts wasn’t just about faster models or better APIs — it was about how developers are starting to build agents instead of traditional applications. Instead of writing step-by-step logic, we’re now defining behavior, constraints, and goals. I decided to explore this idea by trying to build a simple AI agent using Google Cloud tools. What I found was both exciting and slightly chaotic. What I Tried I attempted to create a basic A