π¨π¦ | Design | Engineer | Build. Highly interested in HCI. Currently working on @Firebase Admin SDKs. https://nitter.gq/t.co/1FxgfKzglK
Toronto, Ontario
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I built a simple weekend project with a Pi Pico and an E-Ink display. It uses Gemini to show a weather-inspired poem.
I built βRockyβ from Project Hail Mary with a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W and a local LLM @Raspberry_Pi
The Raspberry Pi connects to a local Gemma 4 E2B Q4 instance running on a MacBook Air M2 8GB (voice transcription done with Whisper-Tiny). If youβd like to build your own hereβs the full build video on YouTube: youtu.be/NfxFY1LUYDo @googlegemma @lmstudio @PiSugarStudio
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Cloud Functions and Admin SDK for Firebase now supports Dart as an experimental feature π―
This means Flutter developers can use the same programming language throughout their whole stack and share logic between the frontend and backend.
ALT The Dart logo and the word "Dart" are positioned on the left, separated by a vertical line from an orange circle icon containing curly braces and dots followed by the text "Cloud Functions" on the right. This graphic represents the integration or support of the Dart programming language within Google Cloud Functions.
Dart for Cloud Functions!! Along with Dart for Firebase Admin SDK! βΊοΈ
π― Dart for Cloud Functions
A massive win for the #Flutter community! You can now write serverless backends in Dart. Share logic across your entire stack and stay in the language you love. (Experimental release) π
These @pimoroni colour e-ink displays are really neat! If you would like to build your own, there is a link to my Github. @Raspberry_Pi @adafruit
youtu.be/_-2Q8pRQm-8
What would you build with an E-ink display, Raspberry PI, a USB mic, and a tiny speaker? This is what I did
youtu.be/_-2Q8pRQm-8?si=DOugβ¦
Iβm still learning the ropes of 3D printable designs and I ran into plenty of hiccups.
If you are interested I made a short video of the build process and the "fails" along the way: youtu.be/61_UXqVG5D0
Lahiru Maramba retweeted
A few updates from across Google this weekπ§΅
A new full-stack vibe coding experience is now in @GoogleAIStudio with the @Antigravity coding agent and a built-in @Firebase integration.
Turn your prompts into amazing production-ready apps.
I saw a video from Firebase about agentic coding with Gemini Skills, which inspired me to dive deeper into Gemini CLI commands.
youtu.be/baR-Rd2ZQMo?si=0gIeβ¦
I tested all 5 Firebase Admin SDKs on GitHub Actions and can confirm they all work with Workload Identity Federation. Time to delete those Service Account Keys!
πβ‘οΈπ₯ lahirumaramba.hashnode.dev/sβ¦
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ALT A feature request page titled "Support Dart in Cloud Functions" displays 869 votes and a blue "VOTE" button. The description details developer pain points due to Dart's current lack of support in Cloud Functions. The idea was shared by Miguel Ramos, pictured with short brown hair, glasses, and a slight smile, on Apr 24, 2023. A section asks "How important is this to you?", offering "Not at all", "Important", and "Critical" buttons, and indicates a green "STARTED" status with a target date of "Nov 24, 2025".
Lahiru Maramba retweeted
Dart + Cloud Run no-build deploy = π
Just build your Dart server as an executable targeting linux/x86, and Cloud Run can start serving traffic in 10s!
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Lahiru Maramba retweeted
Seeing some qs on what Gemini *is* (beyond the zodiac :). Best way to understand Geminiβs underlying amazing capabilities is to see them in action, take a look β¬οΈ
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Google has admitted that the researchers fed still images to the model and edited together successful responses, partially misrepresenting the model's capabilities.
As noted on their youtube channel description provided a disclosure of video edits.
bbc.com/news/technologβ¦
Lahiru Maramba retweeted
Introducing Gemini 1.0, our most capable and general AI model yet. Built natively to be multimodal, itβs the first step in our Gemini-era of models. Gemini is optimized in three sizes - Ultra, Pro, and Nano
Gemini Ultraβs performance exceeds current state-of-the-art results on 30 of the 32 widely-used academic benchmarks. With a score of 90.0%, Gemini Ultra is the first model to outperform human experts on MMLU.
blog.google/technology/ai/goβ¦
Lahiru Maramba retweeted
This year, Sparky wants to do things differently.π₯
Instead of hosting Firebase Summit, we're coming to meet you at DevFests around the world!
And we'll be unveiling what we're working on in a new virtual showcase called #FirebaseDemoDay!
Stay tuned for more info coming soon.