Getting a Gemini API key is an exercise in frustration

Post by malfist » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 12:08 AM UTC

dugidugout wrote: post #67

malfist wrote: post #56

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I did notice in their post instead of searching for answers, they asked Gemini how to do things, and when that didn't work, they asked Claude. I often see coworkers offload their work of critical thinking to an AI to give them answers instead doing the grunt work nessecary to find their answers on their own.

This rhetoric worries me. If you insist on degrading others at least fix it to something like: > [They seemingly] can't think on their own without an AI [moderating] They _literally_ can think on their own, and they _literally_ did think up a handful of prompts. A more constructive way to make what I assume to be your point would be highlighting why this shift is meaningful and leaving the appeal to ego for yourself.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 12:13 AM UTC

0cf8612b2e1e wrote: post #55

andy99 wrote: post #46

I use OpenAI and Anthropic APIs every day for work. I have never used google Gemini precisely because there seems to be a whole different set of friction involved in getting an account. First I don’t want to tie anything to my google account, especially any form of payment (no idea if I actually need to do this). Second I don’t want AI studio or whatever, I just want a similar api to the others I can hit. I admit I’m…

I feel you on not wanting to tie anything additional to your Google account. Will I somehow do something “naughty” (say spam an emoji during a livestream) that gets me permanently banned for life from all services? Google really needs to evaluate separating service bans. I cannot be the only one who would rather go to a competitor than risk angering the black box and destroying my digital life.

Post by pants2 » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 12:22 AM UTC

yawnxyz wrote: post #65

obmelvin wrote: post #43

I don't understand the multiple posts / comments I've seen about this. I google `gemini API key` and the first result* is this docs page: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/api-key That docs page has a link in the first primary section on the page. Sure, it could be a huge CTA, but this is a docs page, so it's kinda nice that it's not gone through a marketing make over. * besides sponsored result for AI Studio (Ma…

I've to this day never been able to pay for Gemini through the API, even though I've tried maybe 6-7 times If you bring it up to Logan he'll just brush it off — I honestly don't know if they test these UX flows with their own personal accounts, or if something is buggy with my account.

Post by 9rx » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 12:24 AM UTC

marcuskaz wrote: post #59

9rx wrote: post #20

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"Developer experience matters" and "Vercel" being the example is something I never thought I would see together. I actually do agree that Vercel's admin screens are quite good compared to the other usual suspects. But I don't consider that to be on the development side of things. It's done decently well because it is geared towards the business folks who are paying the bills. Developers writing code on top of the dev…

:thinking-face: - How builds and deploys are configured - The simple aspect of connecting a GitHub repo and you get auto deploys - Auto creating branch environments that make testing as easy as a new link - Just configuring users and permissions and not seeing IAM anywhere is a huge win My billing admins don't do any of this stuff.

Post by AznHisoka » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 12:27 AM UTC

cortesoft wrote: post #31

dannyobrien wrote: post #11

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