Retrying a Retired Model Never Showed Up in Success Latency
With the image generation models shutting down soon, I rebuilt a mock server to see what my retry layer actually does when it hits a retired model ID. The damage landed in wall time and queue wait, and never touched the metric I was watching.
Images Made With a Retiring Model Can Never Be Made Again — Tracking Regenerability in a Ledger
When Gemini's image generation models shut down on August 17, the assets you made with them can no longer be reproduced the same way. Here is the ledger design and code I use to decide, before the deadline, which assets are regenerable and which must be frozen.
Before the August 17 Gemini Image Model Shutdown: Inventory Where You Actually Call Them First
Some Gemini image generation models retire on August 17. Before choosing a replacement, here is how to inventory which models are actually being called, and from where, using your request logs.
Finding Every Reference to the Image Preview Models Before They Stop on June 25
gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview and gemini-3-pro-image-preview stop on June 25. Here is a dependency audit for surfacing references buried in rarely-run branches and batches before the cutoff.
Gemini 3.2 API Developer Guide — Correct Model IDs, Migration from 3.1, and Production Checklist
A practical guide to calling Gemini 3.2 via the API: correct model IDs, what changed from Gemini 3.1, Python and TypeScript code examples, and a production migration checklist.
Migrating from Gemini 2.5 Pro to 3.2 Pro in 7 Days — A Production Playbook for Compatibility Testing, Output Diff Scoring, and Rollback Design
A 7-day playbook for moving production systems from Gemini 2.5 Pro to 3.2 Pro: compatibility testing, LLM-as-Judge scoring, shadow traffic, and rollback.