[Google Cloud Next '26 Recap #5] How I Prepared for the Trip — and How It Actually Played Out

This is the fifth and final post in my Google Cloud Next '26 (Las Vegas) recap series. You can find the previous posts here 👇 Part 1: [Google Cloud Next '26 Recap #1] Hands-On with the Agentic Hack Zone Part 2: [Google Cloud Next '26 Recap #2] Three Unique Booths I Tried at the EXPO Part 3: [Google Cloud Next '26 Recap #3] Anthropic's Vision for "After Software" Part 4: [Google Cloud Next '26 Recap #4] Live Report from the Two Keynotes So far, I've spent four posts walking through my Next '26 o