VCN #46: Bake-Off

Heads up: this is a hands-on build night and bringing a laptop is mandatory. Six coding agents. One bench. Your task. One winner. At #45 (Bench) you wrote an eval for your coding agent: your task set, pass^k, real grading. This Saturday we use it. We put the agents in the ring and run them head-to-head on the bench you built. VCN #46: Bake-Off is the morning where the field gets settled, with data. The contenders: Claude Code, Cline, Aider, Codex, Cursor, Continue. Same task. Same grader. We score three things that actually decide your workflow: cost, latency, and quality. z.ai + Claude Code is one of the contenders in hand. Nebius Token Factory credits run the local contenders so the field is fair, no agent wins just because it had a bigger budget. Format: By 1pm you have real data on which coding agent to actually use. Not vibes. Numbers. Builders only. Bring the bench you wrote at #45 (or a task you want graded). Doors 10am. Build sprint 10:15. Demos and coffee at noon. Frontier Tower Floor 9. Your ticket includes z.ai + Claude Code for the session and Nebius Token Factory credits to run the labs. Hosted by Vibe Coding Nights: Rayyan Zahid (Immersive Commons), Michalis Vasileiadis (Hacker Bob), Eric Mockler (AI Geneticist), Devinder Sodhi (Learning Layer Labs). Facilitator: Rayyan Zahid. Guest speaker TBD (open call). RSVP if you have ever argued about which coding agent is best and wanted the receipts. Frontier Tower members: your ticket is on us. Reach out to the team directly and we'll get you a free RSVP.