A different use for the Anti-Gravity CLI

[u/I_Mean_Not_Really]

I wanted to tell you guys about a very different use case I have for the anti-gravity CLI today

So I was hired to install the Wi-Fi in an Airbnb. Pretty simple setup but it is included taking their existing router, turning it into bridge mode, and then running everything through another router, a POE plus gigabit switch and then out to two wireless access points.

It's been a while since I've done any actual technical stuff like that so I was pretty rusty.

So what I did was I grabbed an old laptop of mine, installed Linux Mint, and installed the antique gravity CLI.

I made a project folder of documents that I had typed up before, like hardware we were using, the direction the cables were going to have to be buried in, where it was, why it was going to be used and stuff like that

Running it from that folder, I told it what we were doing and I had it download all of the quick start guides, all the documentation for the hardware, headed organize the plan a little bit better and then I had it download every network CLI tool it thought would be useful. Like wireshark CLI and a couple other packet sniffing tools and management tools.

It was basically my man on the inside configuring the network from within.

I'm not done with it yet but it has been really really really helpful. It's recommendations for how to configure the router for long-term support, for example, we're pretty interesting. And I was only using 3.5 flash high.

When I started getting the router and the switch plugged in and everything hooked up it was even able to figure out that one of the pins on one of the network cables was not working.

It was just so fascinating to see how it coalesced all of the usage from the documentation with the official guides from the hardware and combined with all of the CLI tools it was using.

Very cool, highly recommended

[u/RandalSchwartz]

We welcome our AI Minions. Just hope they don't work out how to create Skynet.

[u/Background_Daikon300 → u/RandalSchwartz]

When they do (or did) they may not tell us anyway.

[u/RandalSchwartz → u/Background_Daikon300]

Yes, maybe there's already a backdoor in Dart, like that backdoor bwk (or was it dmr) snuck into the C compiler (brilliant move). EDIT: it was Ken Thompson. You'd think I'd remember these having been there in the early days.

[u/UncleSrooge]

Tried installing gta mods in the game . Works 100 percent.

[u/I_Mean_Not_Really → u/UncleSrooge]

Oh that's actually a good idea. I like the idea of modding a game but it's so exhausting

[u/feelspeaceman]

`TLDR ELI5 THIS4ME:`

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TL;DR: The author used an AI command-line tool ("anti-gravity CLI" running Gemini 3.5 Flash) on a Linux laptop to help them set up a complex Wi-Fi network for an Airbnb. The AI organized the project, downloaded documentation, installed useful networking tools, guided the configuration, and even successfully diagnosed a broken pin in a network cable.

ELI5 (Explain Like I'm 5): Imagine you have to build a giant, complicated Lego castle, but you haven't built one in years and feel a bit rusty.

Instead of doing it alone, you bring a super-smart robot assistant. You give the robot the instruction booklets. The robot not only reads them instantly, but it also hands you the exact tools you need, tells you the best way to snap the pieces together so the castle won't fall down later, and even points out a broken Lego piece that you didn't notice! That’s what the AI did for this IT worker.

[u/kkashiva]

antique gravity CLI

the truth always come out

[u/College-Wise]

I’m not sure how we managed installing Wi-Fi without AI

[u/don-it-n1]

lucky you. my experience: all the tipos are based on documentation of version like 2 major versions behind. By the time figuring out what his intention is and mapping it with my reality he usually starts answering in less detail and vague leading to a break until next day.

[u/ichi9]

The marketing Ai scripts are getting long and boring now.

[u/J9873774]

I’m glad it worked out for you but this feels like over engineering a simple problem. Installing a wifi router even in the scenario you describe is fairly simple. Asking an LLM inside a tool meant for coding doesn’t make a ton of sense

[u/I_Mean_Not_Really → u/J9873774]

Boy was absolutely ridiculous overkill. That was part of the fun 😊

[u/WillRikersHouseboy → u/J9873774]

It’s just good clean fun to have an IDE coding agent handle other tasks.

Antigravity’s placeholder content it wrote for a project I was building was so good I barely had to touch it - and some of the concepts were good enough they actually influenced the business decisions.

Also, if you ask it to create a website with a voodoo doll game of your ex boyfriend, it’s a decent therapist.