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MixedGemini · 2 Feb 2026

I find it so much easier to just write all the code myself than to work out what prompt would work and then review/modify the results

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Helped: Debugging issues and generating simple docker compose files for home server.

Got in the way: Writing prompts and reviewing results for a 10-year-old Rails app.

… I love using Gemini to set up my home server, it can debug issues and generate simple docker compose files faster than I could have done myself. But at work on the 10 year old Rails app, I find it so much easier to just write all the code myself than to work out what prompt would work and then review/modify the results.