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Google Apps Scripts and Web Development Tutorials and Resources by Laurence Svekis
🌟 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
🚀 Vibe Coding — Issue #3 AI-Assisted Performance, Refactoring & Production Guardrails JavaScript • HTML • CSS • Performance • Maintainability • Shipping With Confidence If Issue #1 was mindsetand Issue #2 was rapid execution, Issue #3 is about control. This is where advanced frontend developers separate fast demos from production-ready systems. AI can help … Read more
🌟 VIBE LEARNING — ISSUE #10 How to Become a Self-Sustaining Learner With AI Design a lifelong system for growth, curiosity, and mastery. 👋 Welcome to the Final Issue of Season 1 If you’ve followed Vibe Learning from the beginning, you now have something powerful: This final issue answers one last, critical question: How do … Read more
📘 Lesson 3 — Build Your First Google Apps Script Web App (HTML + APIs) Blog Post #3 in the Apps Script + APIs + Gemini Series Up until now, you’ve been running Apps Script functions from the editor or triggering them from Sheets and Docs. In this lesson, everything changes. You’ll build a real … Read more