Monsoon season = course enrollment spike.

200+ support tickets about course access, payment confirmations, learning path questions. The usual monsoon madness at GrowthSchool.

My team was handling it but response times were stretching. Students getting antsy about starting their courses.

Could hire temp support staff. But we have little to no bandwidth to wait.

Better idea: Build an AI chatbot.

Started with GPT-4. Perfect responses but ₹15 per conversation to answer "Where's my course link?"

Claude next. Great quality, 8-10 second wait times. Students don't have that patience.

Stuck between expensive perfection and terrible UX.

Teammate goes: "Try Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite."

Flash-Lite sounds like diet AI. Watered down responses.

But ₹0.8 per conversation vs ₹15? Had to test.

Same student questions, three models.

Plot twist: Better answers than GPT-4. Under 2 seconds. 18x more conversations same budget.

Student satisfaction went UP.

I got curious. Tested Flash-Lite on everything:

Build games. Analyze research. Create apps. Summarize meetings. Interactive learning.

This thing doesn't mess around.

Here’s a quick look at the performance benchmark comparison for the geeks:

My exact setup below...

First, this week's AI tea:

AI that’s trending:

3 AI tools that made me stop scrolling:

1. Norton Neo - A Browser for the Distracted Folks

If you also end up watching cat videos when you started researching quarterly reports? Norton Neo fixes that chaos with AI that actually makes sense.

It's got this "Magic Box" control center that's like having a smart assistant built into your browser, plus something called "Tabless Browsing" which uses AI to complete tasks without switching between 12 different apps.

Perfect for: Anyone who's ever had 200+ browser tabs open and felt their soul leave their body

2. Higgsfield Steal - Copy Any Image Style Instantly

Ever seen an image online and thought "I need something exactly like this but in my style"? Higgsfield Steal lets you select any image from anywhere on the web and recreate it with one click. No prompts, no describing what you want - just point and boom.

It captures the outfit, pose, vibe, and style to generate something similar but not identical. Kind of like an "inspired by" button.

Use case: Content creators who see inspiration everywhere but can't afford photographers, marketers who need similar vibes to trending visuals, and anyone who's ever spent 20 minutes trying to describe an image style to an AI.

I used it to recreate a product photo style I loved. Got 5 variations in 30 seconds that would have taken me hours to prompt engineer manually.

3. ZumiGames - Make AI Pets That Actually Have Personality

This one lets you create an AI pet with its own personality that goes on adventures in a "pocket world" and comes back with stories, friends, and surprises you didn't program.

The personalities actually evolve based on their experiences, which is either adorable or slightly concerning.

Super useful for: People who miss the simplicity of virtual pets but want something smarter, parents looking for educational screen time that's actually engaging, and anyone who wants to see what happens when AI gets creative with storytelling.

I created a pet that's apparently more adventurous than I am. It came back from a "forest expedition" with three new AI friends and a detailed story about finding a hidden waterfall. I'm oddly proud.

How to Use Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite for Everything (Step-by-Step)

Coming back to my accidental discovery...

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite handled customer support like a pro.

Here’s how it went like:

• Gave the prompt and it got to work:

Went to the kitchen to get water and it was ready before I was back.

Works like a charm:

I integrated it with my products but that’s not the end of this story.

I kept experimenting and it kept acing complex coding, research analysis, creative projects, and educational content at blazing speed for almost no cost.

That’s enough praise. Let me show you how to use it with the some prompts and setups I used.

Step 1: Access Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Via Google AI Studio (Easiest Start):

• Go to https://aistudio.google.com/

• Sign in with your Google account

• You get 1 million tokens per day (free)

• Just type your prompts in the web interface and get instant results

Pro tip: The free tier is generous enough for most experiments and small projects.

Step 2: Test It On Real Projects

Here's how I tested Flash-Lite across different use cases - feel free to copy and customise these prompts into AI Studio:

Building Interactive Games:

For this one, head over to the build section from the tool-bar on the left. Enter the prompt:

Create a fun number guessing game in HTML/CSS/JavaScript where:

1. Computer picks random number 1-100

2. Player gets hints like 'too high' or 'too low'

3. Tracks number of guesses

4. Celebrates with animation when you win

5. Has a 'play again' button

Make it colorful and engaging for kids.

Result: I got a complete working game in one response. Time taken - 26 seconds. My 4 year old nephew played it for 45 minutes straight.

Building Practical Apps:

Create a personal journaling web app with these features:

1. Clean, minimal interface for daily writing

2. Mood selector (happy, sad, neutral, excited, stressed)

3. Search functionality to find old entries

4. Daily writing prompts to beat writer's block

5. Simple date navigation

6. Local storage so entries persist

Result: Got a fully functional journaling app that I'm still using daily. Better than most apps I've paid for.

Step 4: Try Advanced Prompts for Complex Tasks

Smart Content Creation:

Create content about [topic] for these three platforms:

1. LinkedIn post (professional, 150 words)

2. Twitter thread (5 tweets, casual tone)

3. Blog intro paragraph (engaging hook)

Research the latest trends first, then create platform-specific content that feels native to each.

There is so much you can do with this. The list is endless! Apps, Media, Briefs. It makes pretty much everything except food.

Why Flash-Lite Works Better Than Expected

I feel Flash-Lite is practical for most real-world projects where you need something fast, capable, and affordable.

Pro Tips for Getting The Most Out of Flash-Lite:

Be specific in your prompts: "Build a game" gets mediocre results. "Build a number guessing game with hints and celebration animations" gets great results.

Use the massive context window: Don't break large documents into chunks. Flash-Lite can handle up to 750,000 words in one go - feed it everything.

Ask for formats you can actually use: Request "bullet points I can copy into Slack" or "HTML I can save as a file" instead of generic responses.

Iterate on good outputs: When you get something useful, ask Flash-Lite to "improve this by adding..." or "modify this to focus more on..."

Combine multiple requests: Ask for research, then use that research to create content, then turn that content into different formats - all in one conversation.

Test different conversation styles: Sometimes asking "as an expert in [field]" gets better results than generic prompts.

Whether you're building apps, analyzing research, creating content, or just trying to get stuff done faster, this thing handles way more than you'd expect from something called "Lite."

Reply to this email with an app idea, and I will build one for the first 50 of you! The most creative ones get a shoutout.

Until next time,
Vaibhav 🤝

PS - My customer support costs dropped 85% while satisfaction scores improved. Happy customers, happy me!

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