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Google Apps Scripts and Web Development Tutorials and Resources by Laurence Svekis
📘 Lesson 7 — Gemini-Powered Google Docs (Summaries, Rewrites & AI Writing Tools) Blog Post #7 in the Apps Script + APIs + Gemini Series Google Sheets is about data.Google Docs is about thinking, writing, and meaning. In this lesson, you’ll bring Gemini directly into Google Docs, allowing users to summarize documents, rewrite sections, and … Read more
https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/vibe-learning-7399574366990131200 🌟 VIBE LEARNING — ISSUE #14 (ADVANCED) Designing AI Learning Systems (Not Just Prompts) Move from one-off conversations to repeatable, scalable learning workflows. 👋 Welcome to Issue #14 (Advanced) Up to this point, Vibe Learning has shown you how to: Now comes a critical shift: Advanced learners don’t rely on memory or motivation.They rely … Read more
📘 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
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