Google Apps Scripts and Web Development Tutorials and Resources by Laurence Svekis
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
https://github.com/lsvekis/Doc-Cleanup-Toolkit User & Developer Guide This guide explains what the Google Docs Cleanup Toolkit does, how to use it safely, and how each part of the system fits together. 1. What This Toolkit Is The Google Docs Cleanup Toolkit is a Google Apps Script project that helps you: It is designed to be: 2. Who … Read more
🟦 JavaScript Deep Dive — Issue #6 How JavaScript Engines Optimize Your Code A practical V8 (and JS engine) deep dive every serious JS dev should understand Most JavaScript developers write code assuming the engine will “just handle it.” And often, it does. But once performance matters — large apps, data-heavy UIs, animations, AI workloads, … Read more
Clean Up a Google Doc with Apps Script: Bullets → Dashes, Headings Down a Level, and No More Blank-Line Spam If you’ve ever copied content into Google Docs from a website, PDF, or another editor, you’ve probably seen the usual mess: This post walks through three simple Google Apps Script functions that clean up an … 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