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Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking

493 points · 328 comments · leumon

  1. Zsfe510asG · · focus · HN ↗
    Gemini is underrated in that it produces the only prose that is somewhat bearable to read.
    1. phenomen · · focus · HN ↗
      It's also the only model that generates accurate translation and localization. No other frontier model comes close. Although Gemini's coding capabilities are subpar, its natural language processing is top-tier.
      1. thisgoodlife · · focus · HN ↗
        I’m curious how you guys keep track of each model’s coding capabilities. The landscape keeps changing. I don’t suppose you benchmark all frontier models every other month, right?
        1. riddlemethat · · focus · HN ↗
          I use them. Daily. Gemini hasn’t been a contender by comparison for a long time.
          1. safog · · focus · HN ↗
            I wonder if it's a harness thing or a model thing at this point. I feel all coding models are quite capable for most tasks I want them to do.

            Most of the time I don't need what the bench tests and I'm not really giving them completely ambiguous tasks without any refinement.

            I only find marginal differences between models at this point and it almost feels like personality quirks in each model than anything.

            1. BenzeneDream · · focus · HN ↗
              When comparing OpenAI and Claude thats pretty much true, but not Gemini... And have you tried Antigravity? Yikes
              1. vrosas · · focus · HN ↗
                The CLI version of agy is great. Have you tried it?
                1. taylorfinley · · focus · HN ↗
                  Do you dangerously allow permissions? I absolutely cannot use it until they ship an auto approver. As it is now I have it write one bash/python script to do everything it wants to, then I review that. Otherwise it is COMPLETELY unusable and it shocks me when I hear people are using it.
                  1. xnx · · focus · HN ↗
                    Sounds like they shipped some changes today that might reduce approvals: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;x.com&#x2F;antigravity&#x2F;status&#x2F;2100001904969297980" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;x.com&#x2F;antigravity&#x2F;status&#x2F;2100001904969297980
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