Putting Gemini image generation to work: from prompt design to thumbnails generated from video
A practical playbook for running Gemini image generation as a repeatable workflow instead of a lucky dip. From decomposing prompts into reproducible parts to the video-to-image automation unlocked by the Nano Banana 2 GA, with working code, a pre-publish quality gate, and a design that survives preview shutdowns.
Deep Think, Deep Research, Live, or Omni? How I Reassigned a Week of Work Across Gemini's Growing Set of Modes
Gemini now spans thinking, researching, talking, and creating. Three practical questions that decide which mode gets which task, based on a week of reassigning my indie-dev workflow.
The Day @Canva Moved In With Gemini — A One-Week Field Note on Designing Through Conversation via the MCP Connector
Canva is now formally integrated with Google Gemini, and you can invoke `@Canva` from inside the Gemini app to generate, edit, and resize for social platforms in a single chat. Writing as the indie creator behind dolice.design, I share a week of operating notes on Brand Kit prompting and the new Magic Layers feature.
Putting Gemini on Your Desktop and Phone as a PWA — How It Compares to a Browser Tab in Daily Use
How to install gemini.google.com as a Progressive Web App on macOS, Windows, iPhone, and Android — and what I actually measured after a week of comparing PWA usage to keeping it as a Chrome tab.
NotebookLM vs Gemini Gems: What I Learned After 3 Months of Using Both
Both NotebookLM and Gemini Gems run on Gemini, but they're built for completely different jobs. After 3 months of daily use, here's my honest take on when to use which — including a two-phase workflow that eliminated most of my tool-switching confusion.
Gemini Gems Development Workflow: Design, Test, and Iterate to Build High-Quality Custom AI
Move beyond 'custom instructions that sort of work' with a structured Gemini Gems development workflow. Learn how to design, test, and systematically improve your Gems using a repeatable design-test-iterate cycle.
Gemini API × Inngest: Building Fault-Tolerant AI Workflows for Production
A practical guide to building durable, fault-tolerant Gemini API workflows with Inngest — covering retries, fan-out/fan-in, human approval, throttling, and dead-letter patterns.
Google Workspace × Gemini AI: A Practical Business Guide to Automating Daily Work
A hands-on guide to using Gemini AI inside Google Workspace. Learn how to automate and improve Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and Meet workflows — for individuals and teams alike.
Gemini API with Zapier & Make.com — A No-Code Automation Guide
Learn how to call the Gemini API from Zapier and Make.com without writing a single line of code. This beginner-friendly guide covers email summarization, sentiment analysis, translation automation, and more.
Building a Cross-Product AI Workflow with Gemini API and Apps Script — Gmail, Calendar, and Drive Automation
Build an end-to-end AI automation pipeline using Gemini API and Google Apps Script that triages Gmail, creates Calendar events, and generates prep notes from Drive documents.
NotebookLM API × Gemini API — Automate Your Research Workflow with Python
Build an automated research pipeline by combining the NotebookLM Enterprise API and Gemini API in Python. Complete with working code examples for paper collection, summarization, podcast generation, and report creation.
Gemini × Figma — The Fastest Way to Build Mobile App Prototypes
End-to-end mobile app prototyping with Gemini and Figma. From requirements to interactive prototypes and user testing. Build in days, not weeks.