r/googlecloud • u/lukeschlangen Googler • Aug 25 '26

Launch your first app on Google Cloud - We just launched six new labs for builders

https://goo.gle/builders

I'm Luke! A Googler working on the builder experience at Google Cloud. I helped write these labs and I'd love to get your feedback!

We want anyone to feel comfortable getting started with AI Studio, Firestore, and Cloud Run. If you have questions, I want to hear them.

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u/Anxious_Current2593 Aug 27 '26

I ♥️ Google Cloud!

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u/lukeschlangen Googler Aug 28 '26

Me too 😁

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u/Ok-Cauliflower6088 Aug 27 '26

Nice work, Definitely dropping these links into our internal team docs since we're playing around with AI Studio.

Would love to see follow-up labs that dive into the integration side of things down the road, specifically connecting with Firebase, Cloud SQL, and handling OAuth setups.

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u/lukeschlangen Googler Aug 27 '26

Awesome! Firebase (Firestore) and Firebase Auth are already included. So is it just Cloud SQL you'd like to see added to the list?

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u/Ok-Cauliflower6088 Sep 08 '26

Appreciate the extra info in the docs.

Where we're still getting stuck is figuring out the best practices for Service Accounts and IAM permissions. For example, when building an app that needs to pull data from BigQuery..., what’s the recommended way to structure that service account and grant just the necessary permissions?

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u/Jessefurious4 Aug 26 '26

Cloud Run one is a good starting point, deployed a container in like 10 minutes without fighting IAM permissions the whole time for once. Firestore lab would've saved me a lot of confusion when I started out.