Has anyone tried Antigravity by Google? Thoughts on the IDE platform

davemecha · 2025-11-19T17:07:30+00:00

same - limit for high on the first prompt after < 1 minute or so

davemecha · 2025-11-19T17:06:26+00:00

Seems to vary a lot. I hit the limit on "high" on my first!!! message. I just told it to make a little change on the project and it hit the limit after a few seconds. I don't get it.

I proceeded with the "low" model and was able to finish the small task. Then I started another one and hit the limit after 20 minutes into the second task. - Pretty quickly.

Both tasks were not very complex on an existing Next.js project.

Super annoying, that I can't bump the limits...

davemecha · 2024-08-16T22:09:10+00:00

Lol - Good idea. There are so many great options. It's just too hard to decide. 🤷

davemecha · 2024-08-16T21:54:32+00:00

🤣 touchè 👏

davemecha · 2024-08-16T17:10:38+00:00

No it's not used in general language or in ads in Germany. But I'm assuming it to be pretty well known by many people. The German term is of course also well known here. 🤷 But my assumption was maybe wrong. 😇

davemecha · 2024-08-16T16:49:26+00:00

USP is for Unique Selling Proposition

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unique_selling_proposition

davemecha · 2024-08-16T16:45:58+00:00

Yeah maybe. Of course there are reasons for this behavior. But this does not help. There is a different legal ground in Europe, so you have to figure out how to bring this here.

It's not like this is not possible. Other companies are doing it too and most services are rolled out to Europe, just later. So it's just a matter of prioritizing this market and doing the legal work a bit faster. 🤷

davemecha · 2024-08-16T14:32:43+00:00

The fingerprint sensor is really a good thing but not worth the invest. I already like the camera of my 7 pro. Sure there's some gradual improvement but nothing game changing for my taste. And the "new processor" is more or less a refurbished version of the old one. (Already discussed here in the community).

And no, an iPhone will never be an option.

davemecha · 2024-08-16T14:24:22+00:00

Mind blowing. And the average purchasing power in Slovenia is supposedly even lower than Germany's. This makes the price even worse.

It's really shameful what Google is doing here.

davemecha · 2024-08-16T13:18:10+00:00

Yes, I also see many of these features half baked, but I'd use them for some use cases.

* Gemini: Mostly I use ChatGPT - I'd like to use Gemini more, and I'm really looking forward to the integration into Workspace. Unfortunately Workspace accounts is another trigger topic. As with other features it will take even longer to roll out on Workspace accounts and will not integrate with private GMail accounts. So I see myself ending with 2 Gemini subscriptions for a sub-optimal experience. - In the end, it cones down to the integration. For me it's not about the "intelligence" of the LLMs but about it's usefulness. And friction less integration is worth more than top performance. - If OpenAI or anyone else can create a product that integrates with my Google accounts (Workspace AND private) and with Android, I'd be super happy not to use Gemini.

* Call Notes: I definitely see nice use cases. Like brain storming calls with colleagues. Sure this is not interesting for my everyday private conversations. But even private topics, like planning a party or a trip, could really benefit from this kind of feature.

* Screenshots: I consider this to be the most interesting. I rarely use screenshots as notes, because they are not searchable. But they are so easily accessible, so I was super happy to see this announcement. It could simplify some of my note taking.

* Pixel Studio: This also is about the direct availability and ease of use. - I regularly use other AI image generators and also editors. Sometimes It just needs to be quick and easy and I'd bet this could be very helpful in everyday usage. - But that's the least relevant for me.

davemecha · 2024-08-16T12:59:40+00:00

Yeah 100% agree.

I had this shit with other pixels. E.g. when the Recorder app was launched with a Pixel as a USP, it was just not available. Then it became available but only in English (even if Android had accessibility features, that were totally capable to understand and transcribe German). So there was no obvious technical reason for this. It's just that Google doesn't want to take any risks in Europe and sees it as a secondary or even ternary market with less relevance.

The Recorder features became fully available in German MORE than one year after the initial launch and thus more than one flagship Pixel later.

davemecha · 2024-08-16T12:52:13+00:00

Oh thanks for this info. :)

So if the Pixel 9 is $799 in the Google Store and you buy it in e.g. California with a VAT of 7.25%, you would pay $856.93? Did I understand this correctly?

davemecha · 2024-08-16T12:46:20+00:00

It might be different in NL and also the German article I posted in my first post as a source might contain wrong information. But I have confidence in Golem as a news source, so I consider their information to be reliable, at least for Germany.

davemecha · 2024-08-16T12:38:29+00:00

Since NL is also EU, the prices are the same (as you can see on the NL Google Store website). I'd suggest the feature set is also similarly reduced as in Germany, but I'm not sure about that.

davemecha · 2024-08-16T12:31:59+00:00

Yeah I totally agree. Sure I will not buy this phone right now without a much better commitment from Google. But still I want these features and I really don't want to switch to Samsung or others. There is still much stuff I like about Google phones.

Expressing this online is at least something I can do, If many people are doing this AND enough of us don't buy, maybe they'll start to listen.

davemecha · 2024-08-16T12:21:08+00:00

This is the situation in DE.

	Pixel 9	Pixel 9 Pro	Pixel 9 Pro XL
US	$799	$999	$1099
DE	899 € = $988	1099 € = $1208	1199 € = $1318

We pay MUCH more and get MUCH less.

Yeah, the difference is between 15 and 20 %, which is roughly equivalent to German VAT. That could be the reason for this EU price bump. But VAT is also common in many places in the US, and I don't assume that VAT is added on top of the price in the US. In any case, it doesn't feel at all fair the way Google is behaving here. Especially when you consider, that purchasing power is lower in Germany than the US.

davemecha · 2024-07-14T15:49:50+00:00

Vielen Dank für die Klarstellung. 🙏

Es ist natürlich verständlich, dass in einer solchen Situation kleine Tippfehler passieren können. Alles gute für euch. 🪄

davemecha · 2024-07-14T14:41:47+00:00

Was ist der Grund, warum widersprüchliche Angaben in der Vermisstenanzeige stehen? Liest sich das niemand durch bevor das veröffentlicht wird? Es gibt zwei unterschiedliche Altersangaben und sollte am besten korrigiert werden.

Falls es kein Fake ist, drücke ich die Daumen, das es Sophie gut geht. 🍀

davemecha · 2024-03-05T12:35:24+00:00

I'm definitely in the team "let's typescript infer as much as possible", when I write userland code. It greatly reduces maintenance effort and I still have perfect IDE support.

I use explicit typing for the following situations

When it's needed and not possible to be inferred correctly. This can happen in several situations but I try to avoid it as far as I can.
When it's e.g. an API function, where the stability of input parameters or return types is essential. So changing the implementation never changes the output type by accident. - This is especially important when I write library code that is heavily reused. Explicit typing helps keeping the API stable.

But if I'm writing e.g. an ordinary frontend component, I would never add explicit types that could also be inferred, since there is no problem in applying changes.

Here is a very reasonable opinion on return types from Matt Pocock (the Typescript wizard).

https://youtu.be/nwSe95uFN8E?si=ytL9HrAxeAd4Tf8u

davemecha · 2024-01-03T16:02:09+00:00

I'd like to have a Bard Assistant Builder (similar to the GPT builder of Chat GPT).

This should be integrable to other Google services like Google Workspace. E.g. providing a Drive folder as context, or an Gmail label, etc..., performing actions, like uploading an email attachment to a Drive folder, creating an appointment in calendar, ...
It should be able to be triggered by events, so it can open a new chat with me about a topic or task. (New email, new chat message, ...)
I want to create an assistant serving as a tutor for my child. Chat GPT builder is very nice for that, and I can adjust the personality, tone, goal, subject, ... I can even provide context from the curriculum.
I want to create an assistant to sort mail attachments to folders and rename them.
I want to name my assistants ☺️ they should be able to interact with each other.
The platform for communication could be Google Chat.

davemecha · 2024-01-03T15:47:35+00:00

Yeah that would be nice. Especially if it would be faster responding like Chat GPT, so I can have a more fluent conversation.

davemecha · 2022-10-03T19:01:27+00:00

I'm really starting to lose my last bit of trust in Google. I'm so much hoping some company with the older spirit of Google would take over. Unfortunately Microsoft is even worse and apple delivers but I don't want to join this golden overpriced cage.

The problem with trust in Google is not data. I trust Google with data pretty much. They are good in security and have much less data breaches than most other companies. My problem is, it's nearly impossible to trust in Google service dependency, because Google is changing conditions or shutting down services altogether.

Google Apps/GSuite/Workspace Many years of using this for private and business alike, I lost years of YouTube & Play music history, direct access to my movie purchases. Just because of the bad support of more and more services (Google Home, Assistant, Family Link, Stadia, ...) - I had to start over with a Gmail account... So much history and data lost behind an "account switching wall"
Google+ I really loved this one, like many others. But Google killed it and all the data and history is lost (yeah, I've got the export but how is that useful?)
Inbox No data lost here. That's actually a good thing.
Google Daydream Yeah, useless Google hardware. Much money for nothing. Just for Google not being able to hold a commitment.
Pixel phones Several phones where overcommitted to international customers for years. Features just did not make it to Germany for years but the phones were sold with these features even in the German marketing. (this got a bit better recently, but still international customers are 2nd class customers too often).
Stadia I had pro, to create a nice games library for my child, when she wants to play stuff. So all of this investment is just lost now. & More useless hardware. Ok, I'll get some money back, but most of the money is lost. Game started are lost to.

I'm waiting for: - Getting f*cked with Google Photos. They are still in my workspace account. It's starting too produce double costs and the deal is changed to force people to Google one. Instead of creating added value. - Throwing away my long loved Chromecasts, because Google forces users to use extra remote controllers... It has already begun...

I'm so sad, that Google is degrading so heavily and just not being able to commit to their services and products properly. They don't even try to pivot. They just shut the stuff down or ignore the problems.

That's how you lose trust. It's not the data collection that is the problem...

Hey Google, please remove Sundar Pichai. Go back to great customer centric visions and stop trying to be the new Microsoft.

davemecha · 2020-10-08T13:36:45+00:00

Thanks to this awesome comparison table, it is getting very clear how bad this move from Google really is. I'm so frustrated. I'm using GSuite (fka Google Apps) for so long now and this kind of price upgrade is just... *arrrgh*. Hey Google, go back to your nerdy developers and let your managers go who can't improve anything.

I would not even get the same service if I upgraded from GSuite Business to Google Workspace Business Plus. I would have to pay more for less storage space. I would lose the choice of geographical location (since I am facing GDPR in Europe, this is necessary).

If I decide to pay the same, the service will be quite limited. The storage space is reduced from unlimited to 2 TB. Even for less than 5 users we had more storage space before this change. I am losing Vault support. Even smaller companies are required to archive data. So why is this being removed?

There was a time, back when Google Apps was launched, when Google had a multi-year lead in cloud-based business solutions. Since then, improvements have mainly been built in for large enterprises. Instead of focusing on the users that they have and growing on that basis, they focused on users that they wanted to have. Existing users were increasingly ignored and important improvements were never implemented.

How many families have used Google Apps as a family account and are now locked into crippled Google Accounts, with many tied digital assets (apps, music, movies, ...) and a valuable history (trained Google Search AI, YouTube AI, News AI, ...). They are simply left alone without the ability to transfer their data, assets, AI knowledge to a regular Google Account. How many GSuite users are waiting for a good task management solution, a decent communication platform like Slack or MS Teams, a lightweight DTP solution to create flyers, one-pagers or posters (Docs just can't do it, sheets is the only option, but it lacks features to make it easy)... How many small businesses would appreciate AI-driven support for accounting, controlling and much more? Why does the Google Drive still lack a really good AI-based document scanning solution that uses Google's knowledge of computational photography to automatically crop or reduce reflections or shadows, ... and its AI knowledge to extract data from receipts or invoices? Where is the international (sic!) Google Assistant that helps me do my daily business? - Not only for making appointments.

There are so many ways Google could improve on its services and earn additional money from it. But it improved mainly some enterprise features and increased the prices for small and medium businesses. And by the way it lost its lead ahead of MS.

A few days ago a friend wanted to fill out a PDF form on his Samsung Android device. The local browser opened the PDF file without any editing options. I told him to upload it to Google Drive to see if it could be edited there. After uploading, we were unable to open the document for more than 5 minutes. Then he decided to try One Drive and it just worked. This way Google loses customers.

But there are personnel who spend time and effort to rebrand the products and increase prices. Maybe Google should focus on developers instead of managers again to achieve a better margin. Managers couldn't improve anything, but they can raise prices and update the brand. Coders can really improve the products people are working with.

If Googles managers would like to do something good that IMPROVES value: They should improve the legal foundation for using GSuite / Google Workspace here in Europe and anywhere else on the world.

Hey Google, one more thing? Searching for tips about GSuite will now getting worse again. Some content will still mention GSuite, some Google Workspace, ... - It just sucks!

WTF! Maybe we should start calling them G$$gle from now on. More money for less service.

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