I get that many people prefer Claude and Claude Code to Gemini 2.5 Pro and gemini-cli, but things seem more transparent with Google. For short sessions I run ge

I get that many people prefer Claude and Claude Code to Gemini 2.5 Pro and gemini-cli, but things seem more transparent with Google. For short sessions I run gemini-cli in free mode, and when I suspect I might hit the timeout for getting Gemini 2.5 Pro switching to Gemini 2.5 Flash during my session, I set my Gemini key and run and get the Pro model as long as I need it in a session. Gemini did go from a huge free tier to 100 free uses a day, but I expected that. EDIT: let me clarify: I just retired after over 50 very happy years working as a software developer and researcher. My number one priority was always self-improvement: learning new things and new skills that incidentally I could sometimes use to make money for whoever was paying me. AI is awesome for learning and general intellectual pursuits, and pairs nicely with reading quality books, listening to lectures on YouTube, etc.