#guides

The Problem: When “Easy Install” Isn’t Easy I recently decided to set up the Gemini CLI on my Windows 11 machine. I watched a bunch of videos, and for everyone else, it seemed to be a simple, one-command installation. That was not my experience. My journey started with an npm command that failed due to security policies, and then led me down a rabbit hole of environment variables and cloud settings. This isn’t another “perfect world” tutorial. This is the real guide to what can go wrong and exactly how to fix it. ...

The Problem: Manual Language Switching In my daily workflow, I often use AI assistants like ChatGPT and Gemini, and it so happens that I communicate with them in Russian. But all my notes and code in Visual Studio Code are in English. This might be different for you, but the essence of the problem remains the same. After chatting with an AI assistant, I have to switch my language. Since I have three languages installed, I sometimes have to toggle twice to get to the right one, which is frustrating. ...