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Google Apps Scripts and Web Development Tutorials and Resources by Laurence Svekis
📘 Lesson 5 — Calling Gemini from Google Apps Script (Text Prompts → AI Responses) Blog Post #5 in the Apps Script + APIs + Gemini Series Up to this point, you’ve learned how to: Now it’s time to bring AI into your Apps Script projects. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to call Google’s … Read more
Why English Is Not the Language AI Uses (and What Vectors & Embeddings Actually Are) One of the biggest misconceptions about AI is this: “AI understands English.” It doesn’t. AI processes English, but it does not think in English, store knowledge in English, or reason in English. To understand how AI actually works—and why it … Read more
Why Learning with AI Is Not the Same as Coding with AI AI is changing how we learn and how we build software—but these are not the same thing. One of the biggest mistakes I see right now is treating learning with AI and coding with AI as interchangeable. They’re not. In fact, confusing them … Read more
🌟 VIBE LEARNING — ISSUE #12 (ADVANCED) Mental Models & First-Principles Thinking With AI How advanced learners simplify complexity and make better decisions. 👋 Welcome to Issue #12 (Advanced) In the last issue, we made a critical shift: 👉 from learning information👉 to learning how to think Now we go deeper. This issue introduces the … Read more
Below are ready-to-paste Google Apps Script examples you can add to your blog post, covering the two most useful embedding workflows: Replace YOUR_API_KEY_HERE with your key.These examples use the Generative Language API style endpoint. A) Minimal: Create an embedding for a text string B) Store document chunks + embeddings in Google Sheets This creates a … Read more
Artificial intelligence doesn’t actually read text the way humans do. It doesn’t understand grammar, tone, or meaning directly.Instead, modern AI systems rely on embeddings — a powerful technique that transforms text into numbers that represent meaning. Google’s Gemini embeddings make this process fast, scalable, and incredibly useful for real-world applications like semantic search, AI tutors, … Read more
📘 Lesson 4 — API Keys, Secrets & Secure Configuration in Google Apps Script Blog Post #4 in the Apps Script + APIs + Gemini Series If you’ve ever seen code like this: …you’ve already seen a problem. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to properly store and manage secrets (API keys, tokens, configuration values) … Read more
🚀 Vibe Coding — Issue #4 Vibe Coding at Scale: AI for Teams, Code Reviews & Long-Lived Frontend Systems JavaScript • HTML • CSS • Code Reviews • Team Workflows • System Consistency If Issue #3 was about shipping safely,Issue #4 is about not losing control as your codebase grows. At scale, the danger of … Read more
🌟 VIBE LEARNING — ISSUE #11 (ADVANCED) Learning at a Higher Level: From Information to Thinking Why advanced learners focus on judgment, not just knowledge. 👋 Welcome to Advanced Vibe Learning Up to now, Vibe Learning has helped you: Now we move into advanced territory. This phase is not about learning more content.It’s about learning … Read more
Key Ideas, Frameworks, and Systems from the First 10 Issues Learning has fundamentally changed. We now live in a world where artificial intelligence can explain, quiz, challenge, coach, critique, and adapt to us in real time. Yet most people still use AI the same way they use a search engine—asking shallow questions and getting shallow … Read more