Dev: Gemini 3.8 Flash takes 3x longer than 3.5 Flash on same app
DevToD4 · x · 2026-09-03
Developer DevToD4 reports that rebuilding an app previously built easily with Gemini 3.5 Flash is taking three times as long with Gemini 3.8 Flash: the model takes roughly 10x more steps to finish and adds about 100 unrequested extras. A concrete first-hand account of regression in Google's newer coding model.
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