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Gemini 4 Argon after a 12-hour run: strong coding, robotic tone
After exhausting Codex and Claude quotas, a user ran Gemini 4 Argon for 12 hours, finding it great at code and finally tool use, good for systems programming and frontend, but too robotic for creative work.
Shantanu Goel
@shantanugoelArchived 16 days agoOriginally posted 2026.10.19
Shantanu Goel @shantanugoelOriginally posted 2026.10.19
I ran out of my codex and claude subs last night and gave a 12 hour run to Gemini 4 Argon. @GoogleDeepMind really cooked with this one! It's great in code (and finally at tool use too). It's a bit robotic though if you ask me, so for any creative work I will still reach out to Opus. But otherwise it's pretty good for any systems programming or even for frontend as long as it's not deciding the look and feel.
x.com/shantanugoel/status/2112137479314932181Archived 2026.10.20 09:59