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0 pointsYuechenLi3h ago0 comments

So... has Google provided a Codex/Claude Code equivalent to Gemini yet? I would like to use Gemini for coding tasks, but that's kind of difficult to do as I don't even know how to get Gemini to even "clone this repo and read the code in it for static analysis", much less open PRs in repos.

ChatGPT/Codex can do it, Claude can do it, why can't Gemini?

And no, I don't mean going through Antigravity, and personally I'm wary about LLMs having unsupervised access on my computer without explicit policy, so I really think Google is putting the cart before the horse here.

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jatora3h ago· 2 in thread

no. gemini's instruction following is currently abysmal. Gemini CLI could be a great scaffold for all we know, but we cant know because the models it uses are so horribly bad at being driven in that way.

no clue why google has dropped the ball this hard on IF.

nl1h ago

I think 3.5 Flash is supposed to improve the long-range instruction following.

I haven't tried it at that because for the short range tasks I gave it I found it around Sonnet level, but slower (because it takes more tries!) which makes it more expensive.

The old Flash models were great because they were fast.

3.5 Flash shows Google can work around the old "Good, Fast or Cheap: Pick any two" thing by picking none of them.

polski-g2h ago

They have a 3.1-pro-customtools model which they allege its better at using custom tools/MCPs/etc.

It is not better.

kakugawa3h ago· 1 in thread

Antigravity CLI (which replaced Gemini CLI):

https://antigravity.google/product/antigravity-cli

anigbrowl2h ago

So a couple weeks ago I decided to pay some money for the Gemini API cause I'd found myself getting a lot of use out of the free tier chat and figured they deserved some of my cash.

First headache was a lot of delays and 'service unavailable due to excessive load messages'. Second headache was a lot of frustration with the Continue plugin in my IDE. Gemini chat suggests I try the Antigravity app. I do so. IT's OK. Launch it on an agentic task, it gets part way through and stops, asking me to subscribe. Try getting it to use some of the Gemini credits I paid for a few days earlier. Turns out Antigravity is developed by a completely separate team within Google and they don't recognize or accommodate Gemini credits because they are trying to maintain budgetary independence so as to maintain operational autonomy Gemini. At least, that's the explanation Gemini (free tier) offered for why Antigravity (Free/subscription only) won't accept Gemini (prepaid/subscription) payments. What a time to be alive.

You won't be surprised to learn I switched to a competitor.

andrewbutts3h ago

Yes, Gemini CLI and Antigravity

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