Free Gemini forgot coding context and may have invented car data
Free Gemini helped build a personal car app beyond what basic tutorials covered, but its coding help became less reliable over time. Keeping one chat only for programming did not stop the problem: Gemini still forgot earlier work, misunderstood what was already in the file, and asked for definitions that already existed.
The developer could often spot strange answers and correct them manually, but the issue kept returning as the work continued. Splitting the app into separate modules and using one chat per module is being considered as a possible .
Free Claude gave different results on the same coding questions and found a concrete issue in Gemini’s code: it used Subaru PIDs while the app was meant for Opel. Gemini may have filled in missing vehicle data instead of admitting the needed PIDs were .
Key points
- Free Gemini became less reliable during a longer app-building .
- It forgot previous code and asked to define things that were already in the file.
- One long programming chat did not preserve enough .
- Free Claude spotted that Gemini used Subaru PIDs in code for an Opel app.
- vehicle data should be checked against a real source before use.