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Lobsters Vibecoding Challenge (Winter 2025-2026) (gist.github.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by corbin@awful.systems to c/notawfultech@awful.systems

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I’m tired of hearing about vibecoding on Lobsters, so I’ve written up three of my side tasks for coding agents. Talk is cheap; show us the code.

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[–] corbin@awful.systems 2 points 17 hours ago

I've finished grading all of the entries so far. I don't think that we'll get any more, so here's a preview of the upcoming blog post.

The tier listings are as follows:

B tier: Corbin S. (Task 1), Corbin S. (Task 2), Corbin S. (Task 3)
C tier: Piper M. (Task 1)

Admittedly, we didn't get a whole lot of players, but that's it. That's the entire tier listing. I had three things I wanted to do in my spare time. I did them and got an average ranking based on my average predictions of the future; I met expectations. Piper also placed and I greatly appreciate her sportsmanship here.

My solutions are available as notes and source code. For Task 1, I have three main commits: one, two, three, and a bugfix. For Task 2, the commits are internal to my homelab, but I do have notes and source code. Finally, for Task 3, I put the entire repository into a flat gist including notes, source code, and Nix flake.