The team at Authzed has released new functionality, including a Cloud Spanner datastore supporting planet-scale SpiceDB clusters and a rewritten Thumper load monitoring tool that can emulate different workloads. The HTTP API is now available for all permission systems on Authzed.com, providing greater flexibility and control. Additionally, the team has made updates to the SpiceDB v1.5.0 release, which adds support for Cloud Spanner, as well as improvements to the playground and Thumper tool. The team also shares interesting news from around the web, including a discussion about Single-Page Apps (SPAs) and a new beer recipe that uses 0 carbs.