One day with Gemini 4: slow responses, medium thinking helps, user weighs leaving Claude Code
mazzaTalk · x · 2026-11-12
A user's first-day impressions of Gemini 4 carbon: responses feel slow and "cold," and lowering thinking intensity from high to medium helps. Workflow and frontend testing hasn't felt impressive yet. They still prefer Claude Code but frequent account bans are pushing them to switch away.
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