Gemini API Competition - Update and Thank You!

now you know what I said earlier

Mine is very similar but without the peak you got the first days of September

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go to see more and see from which cities people are watching

September 4 has highest views

According to Llyod statement hope we will receive recognition :tada:

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I have no data on my analytics on cities unfortunately

I too don’t have that

There’s still zero activity in my Firebase Analytics and no authenticated users, yet they said they’ve already chosen the winners for most categories and will announce them all this week. I didn’t even cover half of my app in the video. The truth is, I spent around a month on development and only 2-3 hours on video creation. Sleepless nights and sweaty days for nothing?

I know this is occurring for most of the people in this thread !! :smiling_face_with_tear: :smiling_face_with_tear:

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The Google contest isn’t the end point for your app. It was a good nudge for you to explore different applications of AI. If the idea was promising, you could market the app, grow and eventually monetize. If not, it’s still an experiment that serves as an archive on the internet as one application of LLMs.

I’m still going to work on my app after the contest. It’s a little disheartening to know that my app wasn’t recognised by the Google team as worthy of an award. But when I think long term, it isn’t a zero sum game. We can all get something back from this contest.

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I agree with you :100:This is just a beginning let’s explore and develop our app

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@gowdamn You’re right, and I couldn’t agree more. It’s a perspective that makes so much sense, but I just hope everyone has the heart to understand and appreciate this way of thinking.

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My app also does not have any activity. I spent almost 2.5 months, spending 10 hours a day sometimes. I want to follow the rules and make my app perfect. I included email login, Google login, and integrated vertex AI in my Flutter app. I tried to make it a perfect and complete app. It is very disappointing that after taking too much time, they even did not test it. This is their own rule for giving points. It takes, 30 mins to run any app and 1-2 hours to live test it, if there is any bug and further 2-3 hours to check code quality for any expert developer.

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@Lloyd_Hightower its mid November

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He knows, It is expected this may take longer than advertised, that’s why to be safe they placed the deadline to end of 2024.

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It looks like you worked hard and followed the development guidelines well. On the QA side, just like you, I also worked tirelessly to make the app bug-free, even working until the last moment. I submitted it in the final hours of the submission deadline.

@WasimSafdar Let’s hope your hard work will pay off someday, Good luck :slight_smile:

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Same like you both everyone have worked hard so will wait for the results :100:

Nah. They’re just building excitement for the competition. It’s all good.

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With some 3300+ entries, I’m sure the approach they took was to first watch the video and if it looked interesting, they take the time to do a test drive. If it runs without any serious problems, they then take a closer look.

Maybe I’m mistaken, but I understood from the outset that the judges expected to see demos, not production-ready apps. So I focused on developing something intriguing, rather than bug-free. After the close of the competition, I’ve been working on improving and cleaning up the app. It’s now in Open testing and I’m happy with the way it runs.

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First of all, nobody knows that there will be 3300+ entries. Rules were clear. This is not a contestant headache, if there are so many entries. ā€œYour submission is superbly executed, demonstrating high quality and meticulous attention to detail, and is completely free of bugs and glitches.ā€ I submitted my app on the last day because I was finding bugs and testing my app again and again. Every time, when I thought it is completed, I found another small bug. I did not have time to make an AI-generated, graphically good video. I made a simple presentation that explained everything. If they are not testing after taking so much time and relying upon demo videos, it is not our mistake. Everybody knows that presentation is different from practical work. People brag until things are tested. I had a very good idea about the AR app but I worked on another just to follow rules.

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Chill mate, they didn’t expect this number either, at this point they’ll have to do their thing and we’ll just have to accept it as-is. They as well as us, faced issues and are learning from it, so it’s a win-win anyways.

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