Google Colab
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
1warn against
Dec 2, 2025first mention
Oct 29, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Google Colab let's you just do it”
“it cost me <$2 using Colab's pay as you go plan to train the model, which was surprisingly less than I expected.”
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“I am still happy to pay Google because of their ecosystem or Gemini app, NotebookLM, Colab, gemini-cli, etc.”
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Caveats and dissent
“Colab takes too long to setup and then kicks us off.”
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- IgE disruptor for food allergy with Claude-enabled antibody design [pdf] 1 mention
- Ask HN: How do you turn videos into searchable text without uploading them? 1 mention
- Google officially announces that ads will be included in AI Mode search results 1 mention
- Show HN: LLM post-training to speak like GenZ, costing less than a cup of coffee 1 mention
- Is this the right approach to go from zero to designing quantum algorithms? 1 mention
- From Stealth Blackout to Whitelisting: Inside the Iranian Shutdown 1 mention
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“Google Colab let's you just do it”
“I have some Google Collab notebooks where I download/upload the videos”
“occasionally pay for Colab”
“it cost me <$2 using Colab's pay as you go plan to train the model, which was surprisingly less than I expected.”
“The Colab notebook includes one-click access to IBM's real quantum hardware”
There is a dedicated thread of record, discussion, as well as some resources of the Iran Network Shutdown [1]. Hope it helps. [1] https://github.com/net4people/bbs/issues/561
“Colab takes too long to setup and then kicks us off.”
“go to colab.research.google.com”
“I am still happy to pay Google because of their ecosystem or Gemini app, NotebookLM, Colab, gemini-cli, etc.”