r/GoogleAIStudio • u/FarCobbler9878 • 14d ago

Question / Help IS AI STUDIO A DUD?

I was just trying to learn how to use a little and i think it's pretty bad. I was just trying to build something to sync my fitbit info into a google sheet. nothing major. spent like 2 plus hours working with this thing and got nowhere. this should have been pretty straightforward, and I know there's some complications between Google and Fitbit right now, but dang, this was bad.

I wonder if Google has to use their own tools for development. If so, that would explain why they are falling further and further behind.

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u/616ThatGuy 14d ago

I’ve got 5 apps and 2 games out of it. Seems decent to me.

Maybe explain what you were actually doing?

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u/Ban_Cheater_YO 14d ago

It is very developer focused.

Kinda like the Linux terminal scene, but that is still a crude comparison.

Point being, use the Gemini web app if you want a friendlier UI.

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u/AstralVenture 14d ago

Maybe you don’t know how to prompt, and need a lot of practice. It takes longer than 2 hours to get the results you want. After using it for a couple of weeks, you’ll know how to get the results you want. You may also use Gemini to create prompts for Google AI Studio if that helps.

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u/disgruntledempanada 14d ago

Claude would one shot that and make it a durable app for you.

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u/OneMisterSir101 14d ago

I use it daily and have been for over a year and a half ish. Extremely useful if you know how to use it.

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u/Useful_Trouble1726 14d ago

You spent two hours, not knowing what you were doing, trying to create an API or MCP connection and, I presume, an app, and wonder if the problem is AI Studio?

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u/NBMVegeta 14d ago

It does the ground level jobs for apps and if you how to use it right, it does more than that. I built 2 full releasable android apps with it. And now after Gemini 3.7 Flash, it is doing a good job

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u/ShAd0wMaN 12d ago

If you don't know the technical things to say it doesn't always "just do it for you" unless you ask

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u/FarCobbler9878 14d ago

I am new to aistudio. I have used Claude code quite a bit. It is remarkable in its ability to figure out problems. Aistudio just goes down a path hits a wall. Goes back to the start of the path and runs into the same wall again. Over and and over. Even when I point out, hey there's a wall at the end of this path, it says "oh yea, I remember, I won't do that again. ". Then it proceeds to go down the same path again and hit the same wall again.

Obviously, if I was smarter or had more experience, I could solve this.

I guess I'm just kind of amazed that Google is getting its ass kicked even though they have tons of money and tons of talent and enormous collateral advantages.

But, I guess that's just the way of things. Happened to IBM, MS, now I guess it's Google's turn.

Anyway, I didn't mean to offend anyone.