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Adding Gemini 3 Triggers Endless Meetings and Paperwork

It's a complicated process! Don't make fun of him! > Propose POST /models/gemini3/chat in a Slack thread. 186 replies later, no consensus on the URL. > Start a "Gemini 3 API Integration Task Force" with its own weekly standup and logo. > Write a 20-page RFC explaining why adding yet another LLM is "strategic differentiation." > Schedule a 90-minute meeting to debate the enum name: GEMINI_3, GEMINI_V3, or GEMINI_THREE. > Product insists on a feature flag: enable_experimental_gemini_3_for_selected_beta_power_users_only. > Legal demands a review of Gemini 3’s terms, privacy policy, and the meaning of the word "3." > AI Safety team requests red-team evals for prompt: "Hi." > Data team wants telemetry for: model id, token count, latency, user’s shoe size (for "insights"). > DevOps adds three new dashboards and five alerts to monitor "Gemini 3 Response Vibe Score." > Backend dev finally adds the 1-line model = "gemini-3" change. Spends 40 minutes fixing linter complaints. > QA writes 12 test cases to ensure Gemini 3 returns… text. > Design updates one dropdown: "Model: GPT • Claude • Gemini 3 (BETA, MIGHT EXPLODE)." > Security insists on a penetration test for the dropdown. > CI runs a 58-minute pipeline to verify the one-line diff. > One flaky test fails, rerun everything. Tweet: "We just shipped Gemini 3 support. Simple 1-line change, plus 3 docs, 7 meetings, 12 approvals, and a new task force. We are fastest ai platform in the world!"