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Who uses, recommends or left Gemini, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
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The command palette that ships for macOS in Ghostty today is only very lightly modified from what Gemini produced for me in seconds.
Recounting the first time an LLM impressed him, while he was still an AI skeptic.
2026-02-05·mitchellh.com ↗
Gemini’s advantage is a family of powerful models including reasoners, very good integration with search, and a pretty easy-to-use user interface, as you might expect from Google. It also has top-flight image and video generation.
An earlier edition of his opinionated guide to choosing an AI assistant; he notes he takes no money from AI labs.
2025-01-26·oneusefulthing.org ↗
So, for most people, just stick with Gemini, Claude, or ChatGPT
His periodic guide to which AI system a general reader should pick and how to use it.
2025-06-23·oneusefulthing.org ↗
so using it less and less. GPT-5 for reviewing plans works even better than Gemini.
On why Gemini dropped out of his rotation despite being a strong model.
2025-08-25·steipete.me ↗
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