The Kibana UI Weekly Update for August 2nd, 2019, highlights significant progress across various facets of the platform, including UI enhancements, security features, and platform operations. Key developments include the merging of the new route handler interface for the HttpService, enhancements to the AppService and ContextService, and advancements in the New Platform Migration with TypeScript updates and Angular cleanup. The Lens visual editor saw performance improvements, chart-switching capabilities, and better suggestion logic, while the Discover application introduced multi-column sorting. The EUI Data Grid component made strides in accessibility, pagination, and initial styling, with a focus on delivering it by month-end. Additionally, the Security plugin gained the ability to create API keys, facilitating requests in alerting processes. The update also notes ongoing recruitment for various Kibana engineering positions.