This is a submission for the Google I/O Writing Challenge
Google I/O 2026 had a lot of shiny objects. Gemini Omni simulating intuitive physics. Smart glasses built with Warby Parker. Gemini Spark acting as a 24/7 background concierge that handles your grocery shopping and your inbox while you sleep.
The consumer tech press is going to spend the next month writing about the glasses. I get it.
But if you actually build software for a living, the moment that should have stopped you cold had nothing to do with hardware. It happened during the Antigravity 2.0 demo, when Google gave an agent a single prompt:
"Build a working operating system from scratch."
