u/616ThatGuy

So I spent basically all of yesterday working on a few different projects. Nothing too major, mostly cleanup, audits, and a few small additions.

I figured I’d test Gemini 3.6 Flash and see whether it was worth using for certain tasks instead of 3.1 Pro Preview.

I’m not an AI expert, and I didn’t log anything in a technical or scientific way. My process was basically:

I had my main ai program create detailed task prompts, including a required final report
I gave those prompts to 3.6 Flash
After it completed the work, I reviewed its report with my main ai program

My main ai also had the full project files, so we could compare the report against what 3.6 Flash had actually done.

We tested two main kinds of work:
Audits, where 3.6 Flash would go through the project files and report what it found before we created a patch prompt
Patches, where it would add, edit, or remove code as requested, then provide a final report explaining exactly what it changed

Here’s how it did.

Audit reports: 6.5/10

The audits were mostly okay, but not great. It found most of what we asked for, but missed a few things and occasionally made up details that didn’t exist anywhere in the project files. Nothing major enough to break the project or completely stall the work, but it happened more than a few times.
I wouldn’t fully trust its audit reports without checking them against the actual files.

Controlled patch work: 8.5/10

This is where it surprised me.

When it received detailed instructions, clearly defined boundaries, and exact code or implementation details to follow, it performed really well. It stayed within scope, didn’t change files it wasn’t supposed to, and completed most work without any real problems. It was also shockingly fast at times.

It missed a few small details, which is why I wouldn’t give it a 9 or 10, but overall I was very impressed.

Freeform patch work: 6 to 7/10

For these tasks, we told it what needed to be fixed but didn’t give it strict implementation instructions. We mostly let it come up with the solution itself. It didn’t break anything, so I’m leaning closer to a 7/10. However, it missed some details and didn’t always choose the cleanest solution. A few tasks required more direct follow-up patches to correct or finish the work.

It wasn’t terrible, but I wouldn’t trust it yet to independently design fixes or make larger code changes without close review.

Final score: 7/10

Honestly, it performed much better than I expected.

When given strict guidelines, clear boundaries, and direct implementation instructions, it works very well. It is also noticeably faster than 3.1 Pro Preview or 3.5 Flash, and it felt much more reliable than 3.5 Flash.
Its overall score gets dragged down by its weaker ability to independently investigate projects, reliably report what is actually inside the files, and come up with clean solutions on its own.

This is only based on my personal experience. It wasn’t technical or scientific, but I still found the results interesting.

For me, 3.6 Flash is a major improvement over 3.5 Flash. It isn’t even close. I think it’s genuinely usable now with good prompts and tight instructions, but I wouldn’t use it for every kind of task yet.

Hopefully 3.5 Pro or Gemini 4 builds on this and brings Gemini back up to current standards.

I have a browser app built in Google AI Studio that works correctly in preview, but the published version fails every Gemini request with HTTP 403 {"error":"Forbidden"}

The same API key and model work in another published AI Studio app. After checking DevTools, the failing app is not calling Gemini directly. AI Studio injects a _service-worker.js that rewrites

https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/...
to /gemini-api-proxy/...?...__applet_proxy=true

That proxy returns the bare 403. If I enable Bypass for network, the same request succeeds immediately with HTTP 200.

The exported project source does not contain the service worker or proxy code, and unregistering the worker does not help because it is recreated on reload.

Has anyone else seen this with AI Studio Publish, especially in apps that let users enter their own API key? Is there any supported way to disable the generated proxy/service worker?

Has anyone figured out how to get the GitHub connection working? I’m going the manual work around, which is fine. It’s not too much of a pain in the ass. But it would still be nice if I could just use the bloody feature that’s supposedly built into Ai studio. It’s literally never worked since I started in Ai studio 6 months ago.

Anyone figured out why it’s broken? How to get it working?

All night I’m trying to work on a project, and practically every single thing I ask it to do, it either ignores my instructions and only partially does something. Or it just ignores my instructions all together. I even kept things simple “do this one thing,” “make this one change,” and nothing. It’s taking 3-4 prompts to get a single change.

And it’s ignoring its custom instructions entirely. I have strict instructions on how to handle audit only prompts and patch prompts. These have worked flawlessly for months. But tonight it’s creating random files when I ask for an audit report, creating .txt files and putting the reports in the files instead of giving them to me in the chat. I even had it run a couple tests and it’s creating test files for no reason. I’ve never seen this behavior before.

I’m calling it for the night. There’s no point in trying to work on things when it’s barely functional.

Wanted to share my TRT story. A lot of people come here not really knowing what’s going on, what to expect, or how testosterone might affect them. Maybe this helps someone who is in a similar spot. I’m honestly not sure.

Sorry in advance if this is long.

This started for me in mid 2022. I was 32 at the time, and I just felt off. Not so bad that I immediately knew something was wrong, but enough that I knew I didn’t feel like myself.

I was still working out, eating well, sleeping enough, and doing all the normal things I had always done. But my energy was lower than it should have been, and I was feeling depressed for no clear reason. Not clinically depressed, but definitely not normal for me.

After a few months of feeling like that, I figured I should get checked. I went to my doctor and did bloodwork, but he only tested total testosterone. It came back at 350 ng/dL / 12.1 nmol/L, which he called “low normal.” He told me to work out more and get better sleep, even though I had already told him I was working out five days a week and sleeping plenty.

So I figured maybe I was fine and tried to move on.

Over the next year, things slowly got worse. My mental state went downhill. I stopped caring about things I normally cared about. I stopped working out. I gained weight. I started using food as comfort, which obviously didn’t help anything.

About three years after that first test, I was in a much worse place mentally. I was emotional in a way that was completely abnormal for me. I was almost crying on a weekly basis, and I’ve never been a crier. I can count the number of times I’ve cried in my life on one hand, so that was a big sign to me that something was seriously wrong.

I went to a new doctor, explained my symptoms, and told him I had been tested once before. I asked for a full hormone panel because I wanted to actually understand what was going on.

The clinic sent him my initial testosterone result, which was nearly identical to the old one, and he cancelled the rest of the panel because I was still “technically in range.”

So once again, I got no real answers. I just got brushed off.

Another six months went by, and by that point I was a wreck. I was up about 60 pounds over three years. I had basically given up on myself. I didn’t feel like the same person anymore.

Eventually I paid out of pocket to get proper bloodwork done. My total testosterone was 360 ng/dL / 12.5 nmol/L, and my free testosterone was 6 pg/mL. My free T was crashed. I still don’t know exactly why.

At that point, I was done being ignored. I thought to myself “I’m done asking permission to feel better.” I still think people should try to work with doctors, but I also think you have to advocate for yourself. Being told “you’re in range” over and over doesn’t help much when your life is falling apart and nobody is willing to look deeper.

I decided to start test at 100 mg per week, split Mon-Thurs. The first few weeks, I didn’t notice much, which I expected. But around the 6 to 8 week mark, things started to shift. I wasn’t in my head as much. I felt calmer. More stable. More like myself. I started going back to the gym. I started eating properly again.

After three months, I got bloodwork again. This time I spoke with a telehealth doctor and was upfront. I told him I was already taking UGL testosterone and wanted a full panel to make sure everything was okay.

My results came back around 926 ng/dL total testosterone / 32.1 nmol/L, with free testosterone at 199 pg/mL / 691 pmol/L. After that, things just kept getting better.

It wasn’t like some people describe. I didn’t feel superhuman. I wasn’t hyped up, aggressive, or walking around like some jacked up monster. I just felt normal again for the first time in years.

The best way I can describe it is that it felt like I had been living life with a filter over everything, and I didn’t even realize the filter was there until it was gone.

I’ve been on test now for almost six months. I’ve lost about 50 pounds of the 60 I gained, and I feel like a normal person again.

I’m not saying TRT is the answer for everyone. It might help, it might not. It depends on the person, the symptoms, the labs, and what else is going on. But I do think people need to take their symptoms seriously and push for proper testing if something feels wrong.

Get a full panel. Look at more than just total testosterone. Check free testosterone, SHBG, estradiol, LH, FSH, prolactin, thyroid, lipids, CBC, and the other basic health markers. And if one doctor brushes you off, get a second opinion. Or a third if you need to. I wish I had pushed harder years earlier. Living like that for so long was hell, and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.

So if you’re feeling off, don’t ignore it. Don’t assume you’re fine just because one number is technically within range. Advocate for yourself, get proper bloodwork, and make sure someone is actually looking at the full picture.

Holy hell! I cleared my watch history and my recommendations are so much better.

A little backstory. I’ve had YouTube Premium since it launched in Canada in 2018. I made a new account when I subscribed, and I’d never cleared my watch history.

Lately, YouTube got stuck in a loop where autoplay kept playing one of the same 10 videos every time something ended. It was driving me nuts, since I usually have it playing in the background while I’m doing other things. So I cleared my watch history just to fix that, but it had an unexpected side effect. My recommendations are way better now.

After 8 years, my interests have changed a lot, but my recommendations never really caught up. Half of them were random videos I’d never watch. Now, probably 90% of what I see looks at least somewhat interesting.

The first couple of days kind of sucked. It was mostly videos I’d already watched from my subs and some random stuff. But once I watched a few channels I actually like, YouTube started recommending similar creators. I didn’t realize how much my algorithm would improve from wiping my watch history.

So yeah, if you haven’t cleared yours in years, or ever, I’d recommend giving it a try. The first couple of days are a little rough, but it gets much better pretty quickly. Just try to stick to videos you actually want to watch so it can relearn your interests faster.

Anyone else just running into issue after issue tonight and yesterday? Barely been able to get anything done because of so many issues.

- Prompts getting auto canceled right after hitting enter
- Remixes gettinging built with script errors that can’t be found or diagnosed
- Projects not loading at all
- At one point right after loading in it just deleted all my files in my project (luckily I was able to revert)
- Performance so slow simple tasks like an audit either take 10-15 minutes or just get stuck in a loop
- Simple tasks taking 10 minutes to change one thing

I literally got nothing done yesterday because it was so bad. So I figured I’d wait til tonight and maybe it would get better. But I’m just running into issue after issue and as far as I can tell it’s nothing in my project causing them. I’m simplifying prompts to give it less to think about and it’s still struggling. I had to just give up for the night. I’m burnt out just trying to get it to work properly.

So I have two weird issues I’ve tried everything to fix and I can’t seem to get them working.

- My auto caps doesn’t work. Hasn’t worked since the day I got my MacBook Air. Settings are on, I’ve tried booting into safe mode, creating a new user, etc. it doesn’t work anywhere no matter what I try.

- My storage won’t stop calculating the system data, so it never settles on what’s being used and what free. It just sits there spinning and loading. Again, tried everything I can. Googled, asked GPT, restarted, rebooted, everything. Nothing works. This one just started 2 days ago.

Anyone else ran into these issues and know a fix? One issue was annoying, 2 is now really pissing me off.