Layers of tools

Yesterday, I attened a workshop about using Gemini to build an interview coach. But I did not learn anything techinically useful, because there were too many layers wrapping my expected fruit. We need to use phone to sign in, and laptop to log in, then again use iPhone to scan an QR code on the screen, and then reading many pages of terms, which discouraged me from continuing finally.

Interestingly, when we are required to fillin a form, the QR code in front is another layer, redirecting to the QR Code generator website, instead of the intended link of the form.

If you do not wish to download their application, you need to discern the barely visible text to get the actually link.

It reflects my concern about how students blindly follow cool stuff without understanding their principle, and potentially falling into pitfalls.