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Re: Gemini CLI

#12
I have been using this for about a month and it’s a beast, mostly thanks to 2.5pro being SOTA and also how it leverages that huge 1M context window. Other tools either preemptively compress context or try to read files partially.

I have thrown very large codebases at this and it has been able to navigate and learn them effortlessly.

Re: Gemini CLI

#13

> That’s why we’re introducing Gemini CLI Definitely not because of Claude Code eating our lunch!

And since they have essentially unlimited money they can offer a lot for free/cheaply, until all competitors die out, and then they can crank up the prices

Re: Gemini CLI

#14
post #12

I have been using this for about a month and it’s a beast, mostly thanks to 2.5pro being SOTA and also how it leverages that huge 1M context window. Other tools either preemptively compress context or try to read files partially. I have thrown very large codebases at this and it has been able to navigate and learn them effortlessly.

When I was using it in cursor recently, I found it would break imports in large python files. Claude never did this. Do you have any weird issues using Gemini? I’m excited to try the cli today

Re: Gemini CLI

#15
I love how fragmented Google's Gemini offerings are. I'm a Pro subscriber, but I now learn I should be a "Gemini Code Assist Standard or Enterprise" user to get additional usage. I didn't even know that existed! As a run of the mill Google user I get a generous usage tier but paying them specifically for "Gemini" doesn't get me anything when it comes to "Gemini CLI". Delightful!

Re: Gemini CLI

#16
post #11

Hope this will pressure Anthropic into releasing Claude Code as open source.

What’s neat is we can proxy requests from Gemini or fork it with only replacing the api call layer so it can be used with local models!!!

Re: Gemini CLI

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post #11

Hope this will pressure Anthropic into releasing Claude Code as open source.

As a heavy Claude code user that's not really a selling point for me

Ultimately quality wins out with LLMs. Having switched a lot between openai, google and Claude, I feel there's essentially 0 switching cost and you very quickly get to feel which is the best. So until Claude has a solid competitor I'll use it, open source or not

Re: Gemini CLI

#19
post #7

The killer feature of Claude Code is that you can just pay for Max and not worry about API billing. It lets me use it pretty much all the time without stressing over every penny or checking the billing page. Until they do that - I'm sticking with Claude.

That's a golden cage and you limit yourself to Anthropic only.

I'm happy I can switch models as I like with Aider. The top models from different companies see different things in my experiences and have their own strengths and weaknesses. I also do not see Anthropic's models on the top of my (subjective) list.

Re: Gemini CLI

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post #7

The killer feature of Claude Code is that you can just pay for Max and not worry about API billing. It lets me use it pretty much all the time without stressing over every penny or checking the billing page. Until they do that - I'm sticking with Claude.

No per-token billing here either: "...we offer the industry’s largest allowance: 60 model requests per minute and 1,000 requests per day at no charge."

https://blog.google/technology/developers/introducing-gemini...

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