The community engineering update for YugabyteDB covers various topics such as running `yb-ctl status` which only provides node information for local clusters created using the `yb-ctl` command, adding primary key constraints to existing tables, generating UUIDs, and recovering a cluster after a failure. The update also includes step-by-step guides on how to recover from failures, updating master quorums, and planning cluster changes. Additionally, new blogs, tutorials, videos, and upcoming meetups and conferences are listed, including the 2019 Distributed SQL Summit recap and highlights. The summary concludes with an invitation to get started with YugabyteDB by visiting their quickstart page.