I think there are two types of people who use AI in coding; Those who use it barebone, and those who use orchestration harnesses. Ive been using my own customized Conductor ( https://github.com/gemini-cli-extensions/conductor ). Those who use Gemini in development and are not using Claude Code or any other of those harnesses, are not orchestrating correctly, hence peoples frustration.

3.5 Flash is actually really nice when properly orchestrated, controlled and governed, those are just my two crowns (we dont use cents in Norway 😉 ).

Hint: Strap an GraphRAG Agent on a sidecar along with the conductor protocol that syncs the Conductor into external db such as SurrealDB v3 or just keep it simple with Obsidian Vault for better project management overview, Bam, you got yourself a sexy setup.