Building UIs with Gemini Flash: 1000x Faster Than 20 Years Ago
prajdabre · x · 2026-08-30
The author shares their experience building data visualization and annotation UIs using Gemini Flash models. The model's speed allows for iterations within minutes. Comparing this to the past—15 years ago it took a week in grad school, and 20 years ago it took a month in undergrad—the author highlights the insane efficiency gains, reducing the time to seconds or minutes.
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