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Started blogging about my serious and deliberate usage of AI tools - ChatGPT and Gemini - in April 2025; Limited serious use of CoPilot AI chat from May 2025

I was curious to know when I started blogging about my usage of AI tools. A couple of days back I searched on my active blogs and found that it was in April 2025 which is close to a year ago that I first started blogging about my usage of ChatGPT and Gemini which were the first AI tools that I used in a deliberate way. I think even before April 2025, I would have accepted some CoPilot code completion suggestions in VSCode and also perhaps tried out some chat messages with it related to some syntax errors. But those were not deliberate and sustained sessions. Also I would have tried out ChatGPT and Gemini prior to April 2025 but not to the extent that I wanted to mention that in my blogs. My first blog entry about CoPilot usage is in May 2025. Note that I have used CoPilot only in the context of software development work. I think I can conclude that it was from April 2025 or perhaps a month or two earlier, that I started seriously and deliberately using AI tools (for example, having a l...
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Main notes about Google AI Pro plan features for software development work - Part 5

Last updated on 28 Feb 2026 This post is a continuation of  Main notes about Google AI Pro plan features for software development work - Part 4 .  =================== In Part 4 of this series, I had mentioned about a (free tier) ChatGPT chat: "NotebookLM vs Google Colab" which I had and which was interesting but later realized that ChatGPT was not updated with the latest features of Google Colab. So I decided not to include those chat excerpts in Part 4.   Today, 27 Feb 2026, I had a separate chat session with Gemini (Gem) titled, "NotebookLM vs. Google Colab Use Cases" where I used many similar prompts to that I had used in above mentioned ChatGPT chat. Gemini's responses included what seems to be based on current or close to current versions of NotebookLM and Google Colab. Given below is almost all, if not all of that chat.   Me: When would I use a NotebookLM and when would I use Google Colab Notebook?   Gem:  While they both have "Note...
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Main notes about Google AI Pro plan features for software development work - Part 4

This post is a continuation of  Main notes about Google AI Pro plan features for software development work - Part 3 .   Next part:  Part 5 ==================================== Me: While my Google AI Pro plan gives me good quota for Gemini 3.1 Pro model usage, does it help with usage of Google Colab too (like bigger quota of usage and perhaps more powerful compute power when needed)?   Gem:  To give you the direct answer for 2026: Your Google AI Pro plan does provide higher AI quotas within Colab, but it does NOT grant you more powerful compute (GPUs/TPUs) or "Compute Units." In the Google ecosystem, AI reasoning power and Hardware compute power are handled by two separate "wallets." Here is exactly how your plan affects your experience in Colab: 1. What your AI Pro Plan DOES give you in Colab Since you have the "Pro" subscription, Colab recognizes your status as a premium developer: Gemini 3.1 Pro Access: Inside a Colab notebook, you can ...
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