Thoughts

I write about Rust, AI infrastructure, DevOps, and other engineering topics. Stories behind building tools like Sealbox and Kira.

Google's nano banana (gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview) promised breakthrough image generation, but family photos revealed critical limitations. Following Google's official prompting guide, I evolved through three technical approaches—from complex prompts to description-first to line art bridging—discovering how to work with AI model strengths rather than against them.