alt.hn

1/22/2026 at 4:18:04 AM

Ask HN: How did Gemini go from being awful to incredible back to awful?

by wewewedxfgdf

1/22/2026 at 11:21:35 AM

"Then a month or so ago it turned back into being garbage. I waited for it to be fixed but it has remained bad."

You have not provided any evidence for that or explained what you mean. Are you using a specific version of Gemini via a service, api, Gemini app? AI studio? etc? I have noticed zero issues.

But in the last month Gemini 3 flash was released, are you getting confused between models? (Although in my experience Gemini 3 flash is excellent)

by ChildOfChaos

1/22/2026 at 4:52:48 AM

The Gemini 3 series are far better than 2.5, which explains the first half

I haven't experienced any degradation myself, but many times people attribute this to companies running quantified versions of the model during peak demand

by verdverm

1/22/2026 at 4:55:48 AM

I haven't noticed it being awful again. Can you give examples?

by blast

1/23/2026 at 12:48:38 AM

It was never great in my opinion, it got a second place for a while but then Claude got the lead

by owebmaster

1/22/2026 at 5:59:27 AM

Gemini has been fantastic for me the last month or so.

by ElCapitanMarkla

1/22/2026 at 4:29:39 AM

Quantizing To decrease cost

by throw03172019

1/27/2026 at 3:24:15 PM

yea even i was baffled by this

by APrem-7