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Myanmar $0 coding stack

No payment card. Google account + one OSS agent. Works from a Yangon laptop.

  1. Create a Gemini key in Google AI Studio.
  2. Install OpenCode or Cline and paste the key.
  3. Use Gemini CLI when you want Google’s own terminal agent.
  4. Install Ollama and a 7B model as the outage / privacy fallback.
Google AI StudioGemini CLIOpenCodeClineOllama

Social image pipeline

Generate volume free, finish layout on a phone, overlay Burmese type yourself.

  1. Draft photoreal shots in Gemini Images.
  2. Burn remaining daily volume in Designer or Leonardo.
  3. Use Ideogram only when Latin text must render inside the image.
  4. Composite Burmese headlines in Canva with a proper Myanmar font.
Gemini ImagesMicrosoft DesignerLeonardo.aiIdeogramCanva AI

Research-to-brief

Cited web scan, then a notebook that can only answer from your sources.

  1. Run the market questions through Perplexity and open every citation.
  2. Drop the keepers into NotebookLM.
  3. Ask NotebookLM to quote, then ask Claude or Gemini to rewrite the brief.
PerplexityNotebookLMClaudeGoogle Gemini

Local / outage stack

When Gemini 429s or the line drops: chat, agents, stills, and transcription on the laptop.

  1. Install LM Studio or Ollama and a 7B GGUF on Wi-Fi.
  2. Point OpenCode or Cline at the local OpenAI-compatible port.
  3. Use ComfyUI only if you have a discrete GPU; otherwise Gemini Images.
  4. Transcribe with whisper.cpp small. Speak English VO with Piper/Kokoro.
LM StudioOllamaJanComfyUIwhisper.cppPiper TTS

Social video, no card

Stills first, then the cheapest motion pass. Overlay Burmese type in Canva.

  1. Lock the subject with a Gemini still.
  2. Animate one hero in Flow or Luma. Volume tests in Kling/Pika.
  3. Bed music from Suno (English prompt). Voice in Burmese is human.
  4. Typeset headlines in Canva. Export on Wi-Fi.
Google FlowKling AILuma Dream MachinePikaSunoCanva AI