I Let an AI Write My Cloud Functions (And They Actually Worked)

I was stuck on a Cloud Function. I needed to process images uploaded to a bucket, generate thumbnails, and store metadata in Firestore. The event structure was confusing me. So I did something I never thought I'd do: I asked Gemini (Google's AI) to write it for me. I described what I needed in plain English. The AI generated a complete Cloud Function. It had proper error handling, async/await patterns, and even included comments. I deployed it. It worked on the first try. I felt a bit like I'd cheated. But then I thought: this is the future. I'm not being replaced. I'm being augmented. The AI handled the boilerplate. I handled the architecture, the integration, the decisions about where to store the metadata. Together, we built something faster than I could have alone. AI tools on GCP aren't just for hype. They're genuinely useful.