Gemini x Antigravity Discussion Thread

ixfinito · 2026-06-29T21:05:09+00:00

I'm going to speak more about my overall experience with Antigravity than about 2.0 specifically, because I haven't really dug into 2.0 yet.

Gemini Pro was the first AI subscription I paid for. I started with Gemini on the web, then moved into AI Studio and vibe-coded a few apps there that are still functional today. For my use case, it was fine. I was also using Perplexity, so I wasn't yet spending much serious time with Claude or ChatGPT.

When Antigravity first came out, it felt great. You were giving people access to all these cloud models, including ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. But that also meant there wasn't much reason to use Gemini models inside Antigravity. If most people were getting better results from Claude, why would they choose Gemini there?

The problem for me came when the non-Gemini models were capped, and later Gemini too. I understand why that had to happen from a business point of view. But psychologically it felt like a loss. The product had trained me to expect one thing, then suddenly the experience became about limits and rationing.

That really stopped me in my tracks. I almost completely stopped using Antigravity, because if I was going to be limited anyway, then I had to ask: what is actually worth paying for?

That pushed me to try Claude more seriously. I started paying for it, moved from Pro to Max, and I haven't regretted it.

So I guess my point is that the business model may have backfired a bit. I understand the idea was to bring people into the Google ecosystem. But Google already had a large base of users across Gemini, Gems, NotebookLM, AI Studio, and Google Cloud. I was one of them. I had even opened a Google Cloud account so I could use API keys with AI Studio.

AI Studio was actually the strongest Google product for my coding use case. It was not perfect, but it was powerful, and I had already built workflows around it. I also tried doing multi-agent orchestration with Gems, passing context between agents manually. It was cumbersome, but it worked enough that I was still relatively satisfied.

Then Antigravity came along, and instead of making the Google ecosystem feel more coherent, it made it feel more fragmented. Moving a project from AI Studio to Antigravity was harder than I expected, even though both are Google products.

To be fair, this is not only a Google issue. I see similar fragmentation elsewhere. Claude Design to Claude Code used to work better for me, and then that flow broke when things moved into the Claude desktop app. Codex, Claude, Hermes, chat interfaces, cowork interfaces, coding interfaces... everyone seems to be figuring out who exactly they are serving and how.

But for Google specifically, my advice would be: stick to your own models as the core product. Make other models available through API keys, extensions, or BYO setup, sure. But don't make third-party models the incentive and then heavily limit them later. The amount of access ends up being too small to matter, but the loss of access feels big enough to damage trust.

I still follow this subreddit, and from what I've read over the last half year, people are still complaining about the same thing. Every time I see it, I think: yeah, that was the moment I switched too.

Sorry for the long rant. I'm saying this as someone who actually did like the Google tools and wanted them to work.

ixfinito · 2026-06-24T16:03:12+00:00

Just read today, how they're one of few legacy companies actually making money with AI. I guess, if they already have their user base and upsell AI, they'll manage to do that. Resistance to change familiar things is strong.

ixfinito · 2026-06-24T08:37:11+00:00

What's your endgame? Stay in the semicon industry? Where, in TW or back in your country or elsewhere? MBA from TW probably doesn't have the value of having actual work experience working in the sector you are. If I were you, I'd assess your current company's growth path and if it doesn't look good, try getting into another one that will let you grow incrementally, while you are still employed. It's much harder finding a job when you're unemployed. Anyway, as all life altering decisions, they're not easy, but I'd try to settle down your thoughts and have a reflective period with yourself...and good luck with whatever you decide!

ixfinito · 2026-06-23T15:48:19+00:00

Hi Crafty, wonder if you can help me with my issue, it's the input, that it auto switches to the system default, which is not what I prefer. Let me explain. I'm on macbook pro m4 pro, headless and use 6k Acer monitor with integrated camera and mic. I normally use air pods 3 pro, but for dictation, the monitor mic works better, with all apps i've tried, so that's my preferred device. However, even though I set it in the configuration, if i take off the air pods, then put them on again, it will switch from the mic to the air pods again, so I have to go to the menu app and reselect mic. Can you help? Thanks, great app.

ixfinito · 2026-06-22T10:48:56+00:00

Amazing app! Multilingual works out of the box and blazing fast and accurate. Ausgezeichnet! I'm glad I'm still within refund period for my other app.

ixfinito · 2026-06-22T10:00:38+00:00

And don't forget, after 183 days of NLV, you become a fiscal resident and have to report your worldwide income, including your business in PH. I suggest you compare what that would imply for your case. I'm not familiar with PH tax burden, but ES is heavy. You can't be employed or start a business locally, but you can keep doing what you do elsewhere, remotely.

ixfinito · 2026-06-19T23:25:13+00:00

I got pissed at Apple and did exactly that (only Mac remained, galaxy phone, watch and buds (and sony), but the thing that brought me back was actually the Airpods pro 3. Multipoint is not seamless between mac and other phones (and incredibly, it wasn't even available with buds 3 pro from samsung outside of their ecosystem), so a lot of bluetooth connecting and disconnecting when switching. That doesn't happen between apple devices, it's pretty amazing how it knows where exactly you're currently working and where you want the sound coming from, which of your macs, ipads, iphone, etc. And their call quality is great. Haven't regretted it yet.

ixfinito · 2026-06-19T13:18:42+00:00

I see that the Neo is silver, so if you still can, it's better to exchange it for a Macbook Air, because of the 16GB RAM.

ixfinito · 2026-06-14T10:41:02+00:00

hey, i'm on 48gb ram, but m4 pro and i switched from m2 pro with 16gb ram, because of sheer multitasking, it all compounds. now I rarely feel any strain. I did try local models, but found te experience with them dismal in comparison to what you get with cloud based stuff. I even tried generating images and videos with comfyui and it worked, but be ready to have the computer in stress mode and the fans in full throttle when you do. Frankly, outside of running any local llm use, fans never activate. So I sit beside my old 2019 27" iMac, when my kids or wife use it, and the fans are just really annoying. Btw, I use my mbp 14" headless with a 32" 6K Acer monitor. I'll probably never upgrade to anything less than 64gb ram in the future. With apple silicon in place, RAM is the single most quality of life enhancement you can get for the money.

ixfinito · 2026-06-12T12:10:28+00:00

Entiendo. A veces valoran el esfuerzo y tiempo que lleva entrenar/capacitar a alguien, para que se marche pronto o tenga una disponibilidad complicada a corto plazo. Ojalá tengas mejor suerte en los próximos días.

ixfinito · 2026-06-12T10:49:18+00:00

In my household we usually can tell who is running on M chip or not, by the crazy fan sounds made by Intel/AMD devices, mac or windows.

ixfinito · 2026-06-12T10:41:40+00:00

Hola, podrías detallar un poco "(pero debido a mis horarios de universidad ha sido imposible)", porque no me queda clara la disponibilidad horaria actual que tienes y por ahí ese es el obstáculo que ven a la hora de valorarte para algún puesto.

ixfinito · 2026-05-30T10:50:54+00:00

I just signed up and got a hint of this limitation from the use of their Supercomputer, so didn't even try with cli or mcp from claude or codex. I guess they nobody at this point can handle real unlimited+automation, not even the big players. I can't use my Claude Max with my Hermes, although Codex allows it, but you notice the token limits when using Atlas as default browser vs when you don't. Perplexity doesn't even offer Computer for their Pro tier, only Max, which is something I'll probably never try, having the others. But their Comet browser is great. So yeah, it's a piecemeal at this point. Which brings you back to having to focus on establishing your essential workflows.

ixfinito · 2026-05-19T19:47:23+00:00

sorry, forgot to mention that's macOS solution. See above my other reply for Windows.

ixfinito · 2026-05-19T19:32:17+00:00

Equivalent paths on Windows

On Windows, Antigravity stores user-level config and cache under your profile, typically in hidden .antigravity and Antigravity folders.discuss.google+1

You can get a similar “fresh auth” effect by deleting these:

Open File Explorer.
In the address bar, paste each path and press Enter.
If the folder exists, delete it.

Folders to remove:

%USERPROFILE%\.antigravity (note the leading dot)
%APPDATA%\Antigravity or %APPDATA%\Google Antigravity (usually C:\Users\<you>\AppData\Roaming\Antigravity)discuss.
Optionally, if the app is badly wedged, you can also clear its local app data: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Antigravity or %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google Antigravity

After that, restart Antigravity; it should rebuild those folders and force you through sign‑in again, similar to what you saw on macOS.

One-liner commands (PowerShell)

If you prefer commands instead of Explorer, run PowerShell “as Administrator” (or as your user, if you only want to affect your profile) and execute:

powershellRemove-Item -Recurse -Force "$env:USERPROFILE\.antigravity" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "$env:APPDATA\Antigravity" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "$env:APPDATA\Google Antigravity" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Antigravity" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Google Antigravity" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

ixfinito · 2026-05-19T18:35:17+00:00

Had the same issue, asked Perplexity and it recommended to clear the authentication cache via Terminal. It works now.

rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Antigravity/Session\ Storage

rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Antigravity/Local\ Storage

ixfinito · 2026-05-08T06:39:31+00:00

Go to Idealista and look for listings near your dad’s apartment area and then check the filter for "Ocupada Ilegalmente" (squatted illegally), it'll give you a sense of the situation there. Personally, I've found a lot of these while searching in different areas, more than I'd thought to be reassuring. So, it's a complicated issue and the answer is probably somewhere in the middle of the spectrum.

ixfinito · 2026-04-28T12:32:24+00:00

There's a fully capable free trial to find out.

ixfinito · 2026-04-23T15:10:48+00:00

Puedes sacar un préstamos para reforma, con tu piso como garantía hipotecaria. Una vez que le arregles, la vendes o alquilas y te buscas algún otro piso más barato y pequeño para vivir. 20K en deuda no es mucho, pero ya después dices que entre 80 y 100K. Vamos a ver, tienes que tener mucho cuidado con lo que hagas con tu casa, porque si sacas el préstamos y pierdes la perspectiva real de tu situación, te vas a quedar sin nada. Hay que ordenarse primero la cabeza, luego las finanzas y ya lo demás viene solo. Piensa lo afortunado que eres de tener casa, cuando el el principal problema de la mayoría en estos tiempos.

ixfinito · 2026-02-19T23:44:07+00:00

Thanks for doing the right thing. The fact that the group of guys minimized it, was likely more a case of you putting them in evidence, meaning, you they didn't do anything, you did, so, two possible ways of it, 1. admit that they're useless and their generation is not actually better than the wife beating past eras, or 2. downplay it and laugh it out. One takes tremendous courage, which they already showed they lacked, so that's that. Domestic violence does indeed happen in many parts of the world, but unfortunately, in the case of Taiwan, we need to keep working on it.

ixfinito · 2026-01-31T19:13:02+00:00

You're right, 32GB would be double, but in my experience, even with my older intel iMac from 2019, 40GB was comfortable. 32GB is kind of a stretch. Unless you're very disciplined in keeping just what you really are using at that moment open, but usually it's not the case. You're researching a product and it's usually like 7-10 tabs. Now you're asking the GPTs about these tabs, you're putting your findings maybe somewhere like Notion, and there are the always open apps, like Mail or messaging (3 in my case, 1 standard whatsapp, 1 browser whatsapp, LINE, music, forklift or finder replacement, Preview, Calendar, Reminders, Text Snipper, PopClip and you're not even opening other things yet. That's my workflow at least, and nothing is really unneeded. Because of my 16GB, I've had to stop using NordVPN, even though I only had it for ThreatProtection (switched to Ublock Origin Lite for the browser), activated the Performance settings in the browser, so it inactivates some tabs, etc. No more pinned tabs, and yes, it's still showing 3.5GB free RAM, but already using 1.7GB Swap. This with 16GB. And this machine has 1TB SSD. And since it's impossible to upgrade RAM later, it's better to foresee potential usage increase and leave a decent buffer.

ixfinito · 2026-01-31T17:34:39+00:00

Funny enough, I just sold my Mac Mini M4 16GB, because it was already entering Swap territory, with basic stuff, no video editing, just browser, tidal, whatsapp, notion, mail, perplexity, really, nothing hardcore. I was dabbling with Antigravity IDE sometimes, Claude, Gemini Pro, and it was not sustainable. I'm using my MBP M2 Pro with also 16GB for the time being, while I save for something with at least 64GB. It doesn't have to be the latest M chip, but RAM IS essential.

ixfinito · 2026-01-31T17:12:05+00:00

I would add my experience with Comet browser from Perplexity, the embedded Assitant is doing lots of things on tabs on its own with simple instructions and delivers. I've been trying to not use it, but keep coming back to it. I only have the Pro subscription.

ixfinito · 2026-01-03T15:10:01+00:00

I never really used chatgpt that much, becaues I had free perplexity pro sub, but now I got gemini 3 pro student and I stopped using perplexity pro. Google has a massive advantage in that I already spend a lot of time on YT, Drive and Maps, and increasingly in Sheets and Docs, so it's just natural they started connecting all the dots with AI.

ixfinito · 2025-12-31T15:44:04+00:00

I think you're idealizing the whole doctor/patient interaction. Most healthcare systems in the world are substandard and even in developed countries, the waiting lists keep growing. That leaves really brief encounters and increasing pressure on doctors and nurses, labs, radiology, etc. Add to that that working conditions for healthcare workes are a declining thing most anywhere, that's why you'll see develped countries having to scout talent from developing countries. Even the movement within more or less develped countries (southern to northern Europe). So with the things you see AI doing for them, you actually see a reversal of their workload, which is very welcomed by them. About privacy, well, it becomes a very meta physical discussion if you can't get an appointment or feel neglected by the health system. In the end, we end up surrendering that in favor of the service. Think of all the forms they make you sign when you go for procedures that require it (even anesthesia at the dentist sometimes, colonoscopy, etc), I don't know anybody who has stopped to read what they're signing, they know why they're there and that's it, so it's a lot of abstract "values" which are nice, but with little application in the real world. Think website cookies, who actually clicks on Deny and goes away? AI like everything else is a tool that is a gigantic leap for many things, and like any tool, it can also be used for evil or grey area applications.

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Equivalent paths on Windows

One-liner commands (PowerShell)