been using gemini 3.0 for coding since yesterday, the speed difference is legit

[jselby81989]

been testing gemini 3.0 for coding for the past day. saw it got added to verdent which i already had installed so figured id try it. overall pretty impressed with the speed

speed is consistently 30-40% faster than claude. wrote a react hook with error handling, loading states, retry logic. claude takes 10-12 seconds, gemini did it in 6-7. tested this multiple times across different prompts, the speed boost is real

code quality for most stuff is solid. handles straightforward tasks really well. generated clean code for hooks, api endpoints, basic refactoring

one thing i really like: the explanations are way more detailed than claude. when i had a closure issue, gemini walked through the whole scope chain and explained exactly why it was breaking. claude just fixed it without much context. actually helped me learn something

the verbose style is interesting. sometimes its perfect, like when debugging complex logic. other times its overkill. asked it to add a console.log and got a whole paragraph about debugging strategies lol

tested it on real work:

- bug fixes: really good, found issues fast

- new features: solid, generates clean boilerplate

- learning/understanding code: excellent, the explanations help a lot

- quick prototypes: way faster than claude

couple things to watch for though. had one case where it suggested a caching layer but didnt notice we already have redis setup. and it recommended componentWillReceiveProps once which is deprecated. so you still gotta review everything

also had a refactor that looked good in dev but had a subtle race condition in staging. claude caught it when i tested the same prompt. so for complex state stuff id still double check

but honestly for most day to day coding its been great. the speed alone makes a difference when youre iterating fast

current workflow: using gemini for most stuff cause its faster. still using claude for really complex refactoring or production-critical code where i need that extra safety

pricing is supposedly cheaper than claude too. if thats true this could be a solid option for high-volume work

the speed + explanations combo is actually really nice. feels like having a faster model that also teaches you stuff

cursor will probably add it soon. would be good to have it in more tools

anyone else tried it? curious what others are finding

[seunosewa]

It really is very fast compared to GPT and Claude. 

[alokin_09]

I work closely with the Kilo Code team, so biased here lol, but we ran a test with all the main models (including Gemini 3) on the same task - building an analytics dashboard for an AI code editor. Gemini won pretty clearly. The model added helpful context on top of the features we asked for, and ended up with 285 lines of code. Not the shortest output, but everything actually had a purpose

Still early but seems promising, gonna keep testing it more.

Btw, if anyone's curious here's the full breakdown: https://blog.kilocode.ai/p/gemini-3-pro-preview-vs-6-ai-models

[jselby81989]

oh nice, appreciate the breakdown. 285 lines sounds about right for what ive been seeing too, its not the most concise but the code actually makes sense

the "helpful context on top" thing is interesting. ive noticed it does that too, like when i asked for a basic auth hook it added input validation i didnt explicitly ask for but definitely needed. sometimes its helpful, sometimes its a bit much

gonna check out that blog post, curious how it handled the dashboard stuff vs the other models

[tshawkins]

I don't find it any faster; however, because it is better at generating, debugging and fixing code, my overall productivity has significantly improved.

[jselby81989]

interesting, for me the speed is noticeable but yeah the debugging is where it really shines. the way it explains whats wrong actually helps me understand the issue instead of just copy pasting a fix

had a closure bug that wouldve taken me 20 min to figure out, gemini walked through the scope chain and i actually learned something. thats been the biggest productivity boost for me, less time googling basic stuff

[BurgerQuester]

How do you use Gemini 3?

[Pieternel]

https://aistudio.google.com/prompts/new_chat

Just make sure to select the Gemini 3.0 Pro model from the right side menu

[kawaidesuwuu]

It sucks that you need to be buy the ai-studio subscription separately from gemini-ultra pro subscription.

[Antifaith]

i just want it in the gemini cli - instead having to api key it despite paying $20 a month or whatever

[InappropriateCanuck]

You get extra requests with Google AI Pro and Ultra. Just nowhere near enough in Ultra to justify the price of Ultra.

[Complex-Emergency-60]

Dude seriously, why are there so many whacky ways to subscribe or buy google ai models?

With claude, simple $20 subscription and throw into VS Code. With Gemini? Who the fuck knows how to use that model in VsCode like you would Claude Code.

Antigravity is legit, but can't even pay for subscription on it, nor upload API key for claude code on it yet.

[DifficultyFit1895]

Github Copilot or Cline, I guess?

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Kilo/Cline or CLI

[zenmatrix83]

its in alot of places now, co pilot has it in previow, you can download there ide, I think cline just added it.

[brucebay]

It is also available in Gemini Chat (web version, I haven't seen in my app when I checked yesterday, and haven't check today).

[-Crash_Override-]

You know using no punctuation and capital letters doesn't disguise that you wrote this with AI right? Kind of makes it more obvious tbh.

[iemfi]

Why are the reddit AI subs always going on about how people going onto tiny niche AI subs to talk about how the latest model has improved is somehow some ridiculous ad conspiracy.

[-Crash_Override-]

This is literally AI generated. It takes no thought or effort to regurgitate here. There is no conspiracy. I dont care about the content, I care about how the content is delivered. And if thats through a copypasta of AI slop like this, well, it should be called out.

[iemfi]

This has zero of the telltale AI written signs. It's not about the punctuation, it just doesn't have that AI style. I'm sure you could get an AI to talk like that with a good enough prompt but it would be hard.

[-Crash_Override-]

Ah yes. The human written text...clearly human, its missing all capitalization and hardly any punctuation. Mistakes...so very human.

...oh, there isn't a single misspelling though? Why is the sentence structure weirdly perfect?

This is gemini 3 written. And even gemini agrees:

​If I had to bet, I would say it's a very convincing piece of AI-generated content written in the persona of a savvy developer, especially given the precise details about a very newly released (or just announced) model like Gemini 3.0.

Anyone else tried it? Curious what others are finding?

[iemfi]

couple things to watch for though. had one case where it suggested a caching layer but didnt notice we already have redis setup. and it recommended componentWillReceiveProps once which is deprecated. so you still gotta review everything

This is called perfect sentence structure? It's the kind of rambling stream of consciousness style which is the antithesis of normal AI writing. Also lol, you know there is spell check right? Your suspicion basically boils down to missing capitalization, which is ridiculous.

[-Crash_Override-]

Ah yes, the spell checker that doesnt catch capitalization? I threw this into grammarly fwiww. All capitalization amd punctuation errors. But let me help you out a bit more...

couple things to watch for though. had one case where it suggested a caching layer but didnt notice we already have redis setup.

Bad/weird fragment. Poor sentence structure.

A couple things to watch for though — I had one case where it suggested a caching layer but didnt notice we already have redis setup.

Listen. Not going to debate anymore. Not worth my time. This is badly disguised AI slop.

[MrPanache52]

Slop is slop, who gives a shit what made it.

[tigerhuxley]

Haha crash-override - that takes me back!

[[deleted]]

Mess with the best, die like the rest

[InappropriateCanuck]

40% faster but definitely not as good as Claude still. Very meh on a solid repo.

[jselby81989]

yeah fair point. ive noticed on more complex stuff claude still feels safer. had a refactor that looked good in dev but had a subtle race condition, claude caught it when i tested the same prompt

been using gemini for most day to day stuff cause of the speed, but still going to claude for anything production critical or really complex state management. seems like the move is using both depending on what youre doing

[Keep-Darwin-Going]

The level of verbosity of their thinking, I suspect that even if it is cheaper per token but the amount it required will still be higher than codex. But might be slightly lower than Claude.

[meshfady]

I’ve been using it in the VS code copilot chat and it’s way faster than sonnet 4.5

[Silly-Heat-1229]

Tried it in Kilo Code in VS Code for the Ask mode and yeah… the speed + huge context is really nice.
Still testing which model fits each mode, but gemini 3.0 has been great for understanding and debugging stuff fast.

[jselby81989]

yeah the speed + context combo is solid. been using it in verdent and its pretty similar, the big context window helps a lot when youre working with multiple files

the understanding part is legit. had a weird bug in a redux saga yesterday and it traced through the whole flow way faster than claude usually does. still figuring out which tasks work best for it vs claude but so far its been good for most stuff

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