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I used to think “cringe” was a sign to stop. Now? It’s basically my personal growth alarm.

In case you missed it in the title (or you don’t know what it means), this is mainly for when you access Gemini models through the API.  That means if you use the Gemini app (gemini.google.com or the mobile app) these tips are not going to apply to you. Honestly, they might...

If you’ve ever searched for “best ChatGPT prompts,” you’ve probably ended up with a giant list of copy-paste templates that don’t actually work.

This is another example from Google’s Gemini 3 API docs. I feel like the average user doesn’t read through that kind of documentation so you’ll miss these nuggets of prompting wisdom. And even if you do read through them, maybe you need the reminder (I know that I usually...

Who would you seat at your imaginary council table?

Answering your questions about business and technology

Question

I see that Google Gemini 3 has a 1 million token context window. How much is that  in non-techie terms?~ Anonymous

This prompt template is technically for Google’s Gemini 3 model but I think that it is relevant for many other models.

Working as an ER charge nurse, I was in 24/7 survival mode. Burnout was my entire operating system...I just didn't know it.

If you read through Google’s Gemini API docs then you have probably already seen most of what will be in this post.  After thinking about it, most people don’t read through Gemini’s API docs and, I would guess that, a lot of people don’t even know what API docs are.

One of the biggest lies about AI? That everyone else already knows how to use it.