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Google Apps Scripts and Web Development Tutorials and Resources by Laurence Svekis
📘 Lesson 6 — Gemini-Powered Google Sheets Tools (Menus, Selections & AI Output) Blog Post #6 in the Apps Script + APIs + Gemini Series Calling Gemini is powerful.But calling Gemini inside Google Sheets is transformative. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to turn Gemini into a native Sheets assistant—able to explain data, summarize selections, … Read more
🌟 VIBE LEARNING — ISSUE #13 (ADVANCED) Learning Multiple Skills in Parallel (Without Confusion or Burnout) How advanced learners stack skills instead of scattering attention. 👋 Welcome to Issue #13 (Advanced) Most ambitious learners don’t want to learn one thing. They want to: But here’s the problem: Learning multiple skills the wrong way leads to … Read more
🚀 Vibe Coding — Issue #5 Beyond the Browser: Vibing APIs, Tooling & Full-Stack Collaboration Frontend ↔ Backend • API Contracts • Tooling • System Alignment • AI as a Translator Up to now, Vibe Coding has focused on how frontend developers work with AI. In Issue #5, we widen the lens. Because real products … Read more
📘 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
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
🚀 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