When catching up on Google’s AI news, you hear Gemini, and then you hear Gemma. The names are so similar-like twin siblings-that it’s easy to scratch your head and wonder, “What exactly is the difference?”

Technically speaking, Gemini is a family of multimodal generative AI models and intelligent assistants developed by Google DeepMind, while Gemma is a collection of lightweight open models built from the same technology that powers our Gemini models… but wait!

Threading the Beads: Coding in the Era of AI

“Even a bushel of beads isn’t a treasure until they are threaded.” (Korean Proverb)

Whenever I use Gemini to create something, this old proverb comes to mind.

Today, Gemini pours out an endless stream of “beads”—the code. In the past, each bead was a precious thing I had to carve by hand, but now they are so abundant they roll around under my feet.