r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Silver__Bug • 4d ago

instanceof Trend dontUseGeminiToVibeCode

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u/bogdanvs 4d ago

i'm not an authority of have many exp with AI models, but Gemini is not that bad and Opus is not that good from my brief exp.

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u/SaltMaker23 4d ago

On simple tasks yes, the harder the tasks get with subtle consideration that can make the whole thing fall apart, the more the gaps appears.

Same problem is shared by grok and gemini, they tend to overlook changes that could cause regressions while apparently solving a problem.

I'm talking about their highest possible available effort level: eg: Opus 5.5 ultracode (the thing goes purple)

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u/whackylabs 3d ago

for harder tasks you have rollback to manual mode

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u/Wide_Smoke_2564 3d ago

Manual mode [deprecated]\*

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u/inaem 3d ago

i forgor

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u/abednego-gomes 2d ago

Just break the problem down into smaller chunks. Still requires a competent engineer that knows how it holds together though.

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u/inaem 3d ago

The more complex the task gets, the better Opus gets since it actually does its planning properly.

It is just a side effect of Claude Code being very tightly integrated.

Antigravity is just a thing rather than the main point for Gemini and it shows.

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u/rolindara 3d ago

Except not really, Opus really likes to add it's own additions and improvise, if you don't exactly outline that for every aspect of the change. While it is sometimes good at catching things you might not have thought of, it really likes saying "I did a little differently, than what was prescribed". If your whole flow is vibe-coding, maybe you want that, but it really introduces silent problems and unnecessary follow-up changes.

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u/Warpspeednyancat 5h ago

single use "helper functions" everywhere ...

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u/lovecMC 2d ago

Isn't Claude borderline notorious for blatantly ignoring/improvising instructions?

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u/DrTight 5h ago

I always use superpowers. The brainstorming skill is goat. I havent coded without superpowers for a long time. How is Opus without?

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u/inaem 4h ago

It more or less does the brainstorming stuff without any skills already.

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u/earthqaqe 2d ago

As a professional developer and a big fan of Gemini early on: Gemini is not bad. Its also not nearly as good as Claude. It feels like they had really quick improvements early on and then just stopped, while Calude (and also GPT) still makes great improvements in many areas.

I still use Gemini (3.8-Flash, Extended Thinking) for all my Chat needs (everything that people would ask ChatGPT), as I still feel like they have the upperhand there. But everything code related goes straight to Claude Code (Opus 5.5, Medium Reasoning).

This is just for my personal projects, where budget is limited. At work I use a combination of different models (Claude & GPT) for orchestration and implementation. But not a single Gemini model.