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Gemini 3.5 Flash Went GA, So I Reshuffled Which Model Does What
Gemini 3.5 Flash reached general availability, described as beating the higher-tier 3.1 Pro on nearly every benchmark while running four times faster. As a solo developer with Gemini wired into several tasks, here are notes on which assignments I swapped, and which I deliberately left alone.
Two Days Before Gemini CLI Goes Dark: How I Inventoried My Automation
On June 18, Gemini CLI and the Code Assist IDE extension stop serving free personal and AI Pro / Ultra users. With two days left, instead of rushing to rewrite every script, I sat down and inventoried where I had actually been calling the CLI. A field note from running several sites solo on what I decide first when a deadline-driven migration lands.
Gemini Lab Highlights (June 1–12) — Pinning Decisions Down in Code, Migrating to Gemini 3.2, and a Pre-I/O Outlook
June 1–12, 2026: config-drift detection, provenance records, and per-feature economics — designs that pin decisions down in code — plus field reviews from wallpaper-app operations, a Gemini 3.2 migration guide, and what I'm watching before Google I/O.
What My Automation Pipelines Did While Gemini Was Down
When Gemini suffered what was reported as its largest outage yet, my API-dependent batch jobs were on their own. Notes on which design decisions held up overnight, and the one change I made afterward.
Using Gemini's Context Caching Without Inflating Your Bill
Context caching can slash your token costs, but forget one setting and it quietly stacks up a fixed fee instead. From someone who has watched costs closely while running indie apps, here are the practices that let you keep the savings and skip the surprise charge.
Gemini in May 2026 — The Month 3.2 Landed and Production Stability Took Center Stage
A monthly roundup of Google Gemini in May 2026 from indie developer and artist Masaki Hirokawa. The official Gemini 3.2 Pro and Flash launch, a 7-day migration playbook, circuit breakers and schema evolution for long-term reliability, an Imagen 4 pipeline that turned hand-built artwork into 120 wallpapers, Function Calling on a 50-million-download wallpaper portfolio, Google I/O 2026 impressions, and a one-week trial of Gemini Computer Use.
I Fed 12 Years of Indie Dev Notes into Gemini 2.5 Pro's 1M Context — Four Quiet Realizations
On a quiet Monday night I zipped twelve years of iOS and Android development notes, incident logs, and revenue records into a single 700K-token bundle and handed it to Gemini 2.5 Pro. Not to summarize, but to question my past self. Here are the four quietly unsettling things I learned as a solo developer.
Gemini Lab Weekly Highlights (May 16–22) — Production Reliability, Six-App Portfolio, and Computer Use Trials
May 16–22, 2026: circuit breakers and schema evolution for production Gemini API, six-app portfolio with Crashlytics and AdMob, plus a week with Computer Use.
The Day I Shipped Android v2.1.0: How Gemini 3.2 Quietly Caught a One-Line Glide Crash Fix
An honest dispatch from the last few hours before shipping Beautiful HD Wallpapers v2.1.0 to Google Play. How Gemini 3.2 caught a missing core library desugaring flag that ended a month-long Android 6.0.1 crash spike, and what twelve years of indie app development have taught me about working alongside an AI reviewer.
Gemini Lab Weekly Highlights (May 9–15, 2026) — Art × Gemini Experiments, Wallpaper App Implementations, and Google I/O Eve
May 9–15, 2026 weekly roundup. Gemini 3.2 Pro × Imagen 4 expanding original artwork into 120 wallpaper variants over 30 days, Function Calling and asyncio parallelization in a 50M-download wallpaper app, Embedding output_dimensionality trimming, Gemini CLI for iOS development, thinking_budget cost control, and the charged atmosphere of Google I/O 2026 eve.
On the Eve of Google I/O 2026 — A Developer's Hopes, an Artist's Questions
Google I/O 2026 is almost here. As an indie developer and artist, I wanted to share what I'm genuinely hoping to see — and the quieter questions I've been sitting with about creativity and AI.
Gemini Lab Weekly Highlights (May 2–8, 2026) — Gemini 3.2 Lands: Migration, Cost, and Local LLM Become the Real Toolset
May 2–8, 2026 weekly roundup from Gemini Lab. Gemini 3.2 release coverage (complete guide, 7-day migration playbook, head-to-head with Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GPT-4o), cost compression with Caching and Cloudflare D1, a free local dev stack with Gemma 4 × OpenCode, and production patterns for iOS / mobile integration — this week's highlights.
Three Weeks with Gemini 3.2: An Honest Report from a Solo App Developer
Three weeks into using Gemini 3.2 as my daily driver, here's what surprised me, what underwhelmed me, and what I still can't quite figure out. Not a benchmark post — just an honest log from someone who builds apps every day.
Gemini Lab Weekly Highlights (Apr 25–May 1, 2026) — From 'It Works' to 'It Pays': Resilience and SaaS Monetization
April 25–May 1, 2026 weekly roundup from Gemini Lab. Production hardening (multi-LLM failover, zero-downtime key rotation, PII redaction), SaaS monetization (Stripe billing, multi-tenant architecture), the TypeScript ecosystem (Mastra, NestJS, Inngest, TanStack Query), and a Twilio voice agent — this week's highlights.
When I Started Telling Gemini, "Just Argue Against Me" — How a Quiet Prompt Changed a Solo Developer's Decisions in April 2026
By default, Gemini is the partner who tells you your idea sounds great. But the bigger the decision, the more I needed pushback. After a month of asking Gemini for counterarguments only, here is what actually changed for me as a solo app developer.
Gemini Lab Weekly Highlights (Apr 18–24, 2026) — Production Hardening, Monetization, and Gemma 4 on the Edge
April 18–24, 2026 weekly roundup from Gemini Lab. Production resilience patterns for the Gemini API, paid distribution of Gemini Gems, running Gemini Nano via Chrome's Prompt API, and GSC clicks up 47% — all this week's highlights.
A Day with Gemini — How One Solo App Developer Actually Mixes the Models in April 2026
Gemini 2.5 Pro, 2.5 Flash, 3.1 Pro, Deep Research, NotebookLM — the lineup keeps growing. Here's an honest snapshot of how I, a solo iOS/Android app developer, actually move between them in a single day, as of April 2026.
Gemini Lab Weekly Highlights (Apr 11–17, 2026) — Workspace Updates, NotebookLM Guides, and Traffic +10.8%
April 11–17, 2026 weekly roundup from Gemini Lab. Major Google Workspace integration updates, NotebookLM deep-dives, Sheets automation with Apps Script, and Gemini Lab traffic up 10.8% — all this week's highlights.
Three Months with Gemini 2.5 Pro — An Honest Report from a Solo Developer
An honest account of using Gemini 2.5 Pro for iOS and Android development over three months. What works well, what frustrated me, the cost-effectiveness, and how I plan to keep working with it going forward.
Gemini Weekly Highlights (Apr 4–10) — Mental Health Safety, Android Redesign, and Gemma 4 Arrives
Weekly recap for April 4–10, 2026. This week brought major Gemini updates: enhanced mental health support features, a sweeping Android UI redesign with floating windows, the Gemma 4 open model family, and new Flex/Priority inference options for the Gemini API.
I Tried Gemma 4: Why Google's Latest Open Model Is Changing My Development Workflow
Released on April 2, 2026, Gemma 4 brings multimodal support, a 256K context window, Apache 2.0 licensing, and on-device inference to Google's open model lineup. Here's an honest look at what it means for mobile app developers.
Gemini Weekly Highlights (Mar 28 – Apr 3) — Computer Use Takes Center Stage, Live 3.1 Amazes
Weekly recap for March 28 – April 3, 2026. This week at Gemini Lab, we dove deep into Computer Use with three focused guides, explored the emotional intelligence of Gemini Live 3.1, TypeScript agents with Google ADK, and AI music generation with Lyria 3 Pro.
Gemini Just Changed How I Use Google Workspace — Here's What I Actually Noticed
Google's March 2026 Workspace update brought significant Gemini upgrades to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive. Here's an honest hands-on look at what changed, what works well, and how to fold these features into your daily workflow.
Gemini in March 2026 — Monthly Highlights and What to Watch Next
A comprehensive roundup of Google Gemini's biggest moments in March 2026. From the Gemini 3.1 Pro/Flash launch and ChatGPT chat import to Workspace upgrades and AI Studio's overhaul, here's everything that happened and what's coming in April.
Thank You Price Campaign — Premium Lifetime Access at a Special Price
As a token of our gratitude, we're offering Gemini Lab Premium lifetime access at a special price of $7 (normally $10). Don't miss this opportunity.
Thank You to Our Premium Members
A heartfelt message of gratitude to Gemini Lab's premium and Pro subscribers who make this site possible.
We Just Hit 100K Requests — A Heartfelt Thank You
Celebrating 100K Cloudflare requests across Dolice Labs (Claude Lab, Rork Lab, Antigravity Lab, and Gemini Lab). A sincere thank you from the team.
Gemini App Actions: How Agentic AI Is Changing the Way We Use Our Phones
A deep dive into Gemini App Actions from the March 2026 Pixel Drop. We explore how agentic AI automates tasks across apps and what it means for the future of smartphones.
A Practical Guide to Gemini Gems — Build Your Own Custom AI Assistants
Gemini's Gems feature lets you create purpose-built AI assistants with zero coding. Here's how to set them up, write effective instructions, and put them to work in your daily workflow.
Google AI Is Changing How We Work — A March 2026 Snapshot
Gemini in Workspace, Pixel Drop automation, Smart Home intelligence. How Google AI is quietly reshaping our daily work routines in March 2026.
About the Creator of Gemini Lab — A Developer's Journey Through the Google Ecosystem
A profile of Masaki Hirokawa, the creator of Gemini Lab. With over 50 million app downloads on Google Play, he shares his journey growing alongside Android, Google Play, AdMob, Firebase, and now Gemini.
Building an Autonomous Agent with Gemini 3 Flash Function Calling
How I combined Function Calling with Google Search grounding to build a practical autonomous agent — and what I learned along the way.
Gemini × Android Studio Integration — 2026 Update Summary
A roundup of the latest Gemini features deeply integrated into Android Studio. From code completion to natural language UI generation, the Android development workflow is changing fast.
Reading Video with Gemini API — A Practical Guide to Video Understanding
A hands-on guide to Gemini API's video understanding capabilities, with real code examples for extracting insights from meeting recordings and long-form video.
Gemini 3.1 Pro Is Here — What's New
Google has released Gemini 3.1 Pro with significantly improved reasoning, alongside the cost-efficient Flash-Lite. Here's what developers need to know.
Introducing Gemini Lab
We're excited to launch Gemini Lab, a bilingual knowledge base dedicated to Google Gemini. Learn about our mission, content categories, and what's coming next.
The Tech Stack Behind Gemini Lab
A look at the technology powering Gemini Lab — from Next.js 16 and Cloudflare Workers to MDX content management and automated article generation.