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WORTH TESTING · 25 OCTOBER 2026

Google's Agent102 lab: build a self-improving agent (not the '2-hour course' the post promises)

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Verdict: a solid, free hands-on lab rather than a full course; intermediate, coding needed (terminal, JSON and a little Python) plus a Google Cloud project with billing.

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Google's Agent102 lab: build a self-improving agent (not the '2-hour course' the post promises): steps to try, cost and caveat

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