When Gemini Let Me Upload Several Code Files at Once, I Stopped Selecting by Folder
Once you can hand Gemini a slice of a repository, the hard part moves from pasting to choosing. I measured the dependency graph of my own Next.js repo, found that folder-based selection caught zero callers, and wrote down the selection routine I use now.
Being Able to Say Later Where a User's Data Was Processed — Region-Pinned Gemini (Vertex AI) Clients and a Residency Policy Gate
The default global endpoint is convenient, but it leaves you unable to explain where an EU user's data was processed. Here is a design built from three parts—a region-pinned Vertex AI client, a policy gate that forbids implicit global fallback, and a call ledger—with working code and measured latency.
Three Weeks Rewriting 40 App Store Descriptions in Gemini Advanced Canvas
Notes from three weeks of rewriting 40 App Store descriptions in Gemini Advanced Canvas. What I let the AI handle, what I always touched by hand, and the small ASO effects I observed across my wallpaper and well-being apps.
Gemini 2.5 Pro in Production: The Pitfalls Nobody Talks About
A practical guide to the production-specific problems with Gemini 2.5 Pro—rate limit architecture, Thinking mode cost control, long-context quality management, and response quality diagnostics—with complete code examples.
Gemini 3.1 Pro: An Indie Developer's Honest Review After 3 Months of Daily Use
A genuine assessment of Gemini 3.1 Pro from someone who uses it daily: what improved over 2.5 Pro, 15 tasks where it excels, 5 where it falls short, and how to split work with Claude Opus 4.6.
Writing Gemini Gems Custom Instructions That Actually Behave
The way you structure custom instructions for a Gemini Gem changes its behavior dramatically. Here are the patterns I converged on after several Gems and a lot of iteration.