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●ROBOTICS — The ER 1.6 preview that shut down on August 31 does have a successor. Gemini Robotics ER 2 is in public preview, in both standard and streaming variants●VIDEO — ER 2 judges success and failure from live video rather than still snapshots, which is what lets it catch spills, slips, and misalignments while a task is still running●DEADLINE — Next up is September 30, when gemini-omni-flash-preview is retired. The target is gemini-omni-1.1-flash, GA since August 27, and there are now under four weeks left●APIKEY — Every remaining standard API key, restricted ones included, stops working during September. The replacement is an auth key bound to a Google Cloud service account●PRICE — Gemini 3.7 Flash keeps its introductory $0.75/$3.75 per 1M through December 31, then moves to $1.50/$7.50 on January 1, 2027. Any estimate crossing the year needs both figures●AUDIO — Gemini 3.5 Transcribe handles language detection across 85+ languages, speaker diarization, word-level timestamps, and custom vocabulary biasing of up to 1,000 terms●ROBOTICS — The ER 1.6 preview that shut down on August 31 does have a successor. Gemini Robotics ER 2 is in public preview, in both standard and streaming variants●VIDEO — ER 2 judges success and failure from live video rather than still snapshots, which is what lets it catch spills, slips, and misalignments while a task is still running●DEADLINE — Next up is September 30, when gemini-omni-flash-preview is retired. The target is gemini-omni-1.1-flash, GA since August 27, and there are now under four weeks left●APIKEY — Every remaining standard API key, restricted ones included, stops working during September. The replacement is an auth key bound to a Google Cloud service account●PRICE — Gemini 3.7 Flash keeps its introductory $0.75/$3.75 per 1M through December 31, then moves to $1.50/$7.50 on January 1, 2027. Any estimate crossing the year needs both figures●AUDIO — Gemini 3.5 Transcribe handles language detection across 85+ languages, speaker diarization, word-level timestamps, and custom vocabulary biasing of up to 1,000 terms
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◈ API & SDK/2026-03-12Intermediate

Reading Gemini API Logs by What Survived — Field Notes on Logging & Datasets

Use the Gemini API logging and datasets tool from a results-first angle — not token counts or latency, but whether each output actually survived to publication. Includes tying log review to spend caps and API key hygiene.

⬡ Advanced/2026-03-12Intermediate

Putting Gemini's TTS to Real Work — Voices, Pacing, and What It Costs to Run

Field notes on adding Gemini's text-to-speech to a solo-developer app: calling it with the google-genai SDK, the raw-PCM-to-WAV gotcha, choosing voices and pacing, and how the costs actually add up.

⟐ Dev Tools/2026-03-11Advanced

Wiring Gemini CLI into Your Shell and CI — Headless Runs and Session Resume

Move past interactive use of Gemini CLI: headless runs, JSON output, session resume, approval modes, and MCP. Includes the five ways headless runs break and a measured pro/flash comparison.

◉ Gemini Basics/2026-03-11Beginner

Gemini 2.5 Pro vs 2.5 Flash — Model Selection Guide by Use Case

Compare Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash models. Explore performance, speed, cost, context windows, and practical use cases.

◈ API & SDK/2026-03-11Intermediate

Gemini API Quickstart — Getting Started with Python and TypeScript

Get started with the Gemini API in Python or TypeScript — from API key setup and SDK installation to streaming, safety settings, and practical error handling.

⟐ Dev Tools/2026-03-11Intermediate

Gemini External Tool Integration — Grounding and Function Calling in Practice

How to connect Gemini to external services and your own data, covering both the in-app integrations and the API tools parameter: Google Search grounding, the full Function Calling round-trip, and the latency and cost trade-offs to plan for.

⬡ Advanced/2026-03-11Advanced

Grounding with Google Search — Improve Gemini's Accuracy with Search

Learn how to use Gemini API's Grounding with Google Search to generate accurate, up-to-date responses. Covers Dynamic Retrieval, source citations, and cost management.

◉ Gemini Basics/2026-03-11Intermediate

Letting Gemini Handle the Business Side of a One-Person App Studio

Practical notes from an indie developer on weaving Gemini into everyday business work: support email drafts, policy-change digests, revenue report analysis, and the tasks I deliberately keep for myself.