Why I'm Switching Back to Claude (Bye Gemini šŸ‘‹šŸ»)


Hey Reader,

Last week, the AI world was freaking out.

OpenAI bought Windsurf, cue the chaos.

"OpenAI will kill off every other model!"
"Google’s done!"
"This is the AI apocalypse!"

But here's what no one’s telling you.

It’s all noise.

What Really Happened

Yes, OpenAI did buy Windsurf (for $3B, btw).

And yeah, Gemini’s been extremely slow on it.

But that’s actually on Google, not Windsurf.

Gemini 2.5 Pro’s been unstable everywhere.

Especially since the update to it a week ago.

Sometimes it even... disappears. šŸ˜¶ā€šŸŒ«ļø

Not even the best AI editors can fix that.

So What Now?

For now, I’m back on using Claude 3.7 Sonnet.

Because for me, reliability is more important than raw power.

Gemini was my go-to for coding, but it’s useless if it doesn’t load.

Don't believe the drama. Windsurf (and Cursor) are both fine.

Talk next week,
Rob
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Robin Ebers

Coder of 20+ yrs turned creator now teaching AI & automation to founders. Every week, I send 1-2 emails with free prompts, tools and news. Guaranteed no spam.

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