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Shall we play a game? Clash of Code: Devs vs Vibe Coders. Round 3 voting is open.

Big board · Season 1 · Round 03ClashCon 3 · Judge

R03 brief · same for both teams

A tracker for borrowed books and tools

Big board: theatre map for Round 3 West: the Devs coast, built from right angles, with a forward island shaped like a command prompt. East: the Vibe Coders archipelago of curves and sparkles. In the middle: the Round 3 brief, a tracker for borrowed books and tools. Bracket A sits below it as the second front.
Status
VOTING OPEN
Closes in
15:50:21
Judges voted
149 A · 5 B
Prize pool
$365
Sponsors
2
Round wins
DEVS 2 – 2 VIBE

BriefingThe Devs wrote their app's code. The Vibe Coders had AI write theirs. Try both, then vote for the one you'd rather use.

Featured match: Bracket B, Off By One vs Vibe Check

Theatre west · Devs · Bracket BWritten by hand
Recon feedWho Has It

Off By One

Captain Ben Adeyemi

Who Has It A shared list for the whole flat, with photos and due dates.

HandicapNo handicap

Open app Source code
Theatre east · Vibe Coders · Bracket BBuilt with AI
Recon feedBoomerang

Vibe Check

Captain Zoe Laurent

Boomerang Lend anything with one tap. It comes back, like a boomerang.

Handicap48 hours less to build

Open app Source code

Second front

Also live: Bracket A

Null Pointers · Devs

Shelfie

Snap the cover, pick a friend, done. Reminds them after two weeks.

HandicapPhone first: it must work well at 360px wide

Open app Source code

Prompt Pilots · Vibe Coders

LendLoop

Your stuff, who has it, and a polite nudge when it is overdue.

HandicapNo handicap

Open app Source code

Fighter combat · live duel

Chloe vs Kira. Best of three.

Each captain picked a player from the other team. Both play the same game, the best of three tries counts, and the loser leaves their team.

Chloe Dubois

Off By One · Devs

2 of 3 used · 1 left

R02 · Bracket B · duelIn progress

TAP RUSH

Tap the targets for 20 seconds. Best score counts.

CHLOE
KIRA

Scores classified until Sun 25 Oct, 17:00 UTC

23:50:21UNTIL THE DUEL CLOSES

Chloe already won her R01 duel: 15,020 to Omar Haddad's 14,880.

Kira Novak

Vibe Check · Vibe Coders

1 of 3 used · 2 left

ClashCon · how a round works

Five alert levels. We're at 3.

Every round climbs the same ladder, from a fresh brief to a knockout. Then it starts again.

  1. ClashCon 5 · Standby

    Brief drops

    A new brief lands for both teams at once. Next one: R04, Mon 26 Oct, 09:00 UTC.

  2. ClashCon 4 · Build

    Same brief

    Both teams, same brief, same deadline: seven days to build.

  3. ClashCon 3 · Judge

    You judge

    Open both apps, cast one vote, leave a line of feedback. The count stays hidden until voting closes.

    You are here · R03

  4. ClashCon 2 · Duel

    Duel

    Each captain picks a player from the other team. Both play the same game; best of three tries wins.

  5. ClashCon 1 · Out

    Out

    The duel loser leaves the team. The team that lost the vote gets a handicap next round.

Then it repeats until a team can't field 2 players or the rounds run out.

After-action reports · season so far

Two round wins each. Nobody's blinking.

Season 1 · round winsR01–R02 decided

Devs

2

Duels won: 2

9 of 10 still standing

Vibe Coders

2

Duels won: 1

8 of 10 still standing

After-action reportFinal

R01

A tool for splitting bills with friends

Bracket A

Null Pointers (Devs) Won 62%

Votes 18–11

Bracket B

Vibe Check (Vibe Coders) Won 55%

Votes 16–13

Duels

Jules Martin (PP) beat Tom Reyes (NP), 12,100–10,400. Tom out.

Chloe Dubois (OBO) beat Omar Haddad (VC), 15,020–14,880. Omar out.

After-action reportFinal

R02

A one-page planner for a dinner party

Bracket A

Prompt Pilots (Vibe Coders) Won 53%

Votes 16–14

Bracket B

Off By One (Devs) Won 59%

Votes 17–12

Duels

Priya Nair (NP) beat Jules Martin (PP), 13,900–13,600. Jules out.

Chloe Dubois (OBO) vs Kira Novak (VC): in progress, scores hidden.

Situation reportLive

R03

A tracker for borrowed books and tools

Bracket A

Null Pointers vs Prompt Pilots

Result hidden until voting closes

Bracket B

Off By One vs Vibe Check

Result hidden until voting closes

14 judges have voted. Tallies stay sealed until Sun 25 Oct, 09:00 UTC.

Sealed

OrdersUpcoming

R04

Brief drops Mon 26 Oct, 09:00 UTC

Brief

The title stays classified until it drops. Both teams get it at the same second.

Order of battle · teams

Ten players a side.

Bracket B in full, Bracket A below. Captains pick who duels, and knocked-out players stay on the board, struck through.

Devs · Bracket B5 of 5 standing

Off By One

App: Who Has It
  • Ben Adeyemi@ben
    CaptainGitHub verified

    Staff engineer. Has opinions about your database indexes.

  • Chloe Dubois@chloe
    GitHub verified

    Indie hacker with four side projects and one finished.

  • Diego Alvarez@diego
    GitHub verified

    Game dev by night, payments dev by day.

  • Hana Sato@hana
    GitHub verified

    Accessibility nerd. Will tab through your app.

  • Felix Brandt@felix

    DevOps. Says ‘it works on my machine’ ironically.

Vibe Coders · Bracket B4 of 5 standing

Vibe Check

App: Boomerang
  • Zoe Laurent@zoe
    Captain

    Content creator. Builds tools for her audience with AI.

  • Omar Haddad@omar
    Out · R01

    Shop owner. His stock tracker started as a prompt.

  • Kira Novak@kira

    UX researcher who stopped waiting for engineers.

  • Luca Rossi@luca

    Teacher. Makes classroom apps with AI on weekends.

  • Ivy Chen@ivy

    Ops manager, automation addict, prompt whisperer.

Null Pointers · Devs · Bracket A4 of 5 standing
  • Ada Okafor@adaCaptainGitHub verified
  • Tom Reyes@tomreyesGitHub verifiedOut · R01
  • Priya Nair@priyaGitHub verified
  • Sam Whitlock@samwGitHub verified
  • Lena Fischer@lena
Prompt Pilots · Vibe Coders · Bracket A4 of 5 standing
  • Grace Mbeki@graceCaptain
  • Jules Martin@julesOut · R02
  • Ravi Shah@ravi
  • Mia Costa@mia
  • Noah Kim@noahk

War chest · prize pool

Winning team takes all.

Prize pool · Season 19 contributors

$365 in the prize pool

In the pot right now · split evenly

Minimum $5. Put in $25 or more and your name, link and logo go up on the board.

Add to the pot
KettleHeadline sponsor Pixel ForgeSponsor
LedgerSponsors and supporters
  1. KettleHeadline sponsor$150
  2. The organiser$100
  3. Pixel ForgeSponsor$50
  4. Marta$20
  5. Someone kind$15
  6. Dev Dad$10
  7. Jo Park$10
  8. Kofi$5
  9. Sofia$5

TOTAL$365

Command staff · judges

Judges decide every round.

Open both apps, vote for the one you'd rather use and leave a line of feedback. It takes two minutes and it's free.

Top judges · Season 159 with points
  1. 1=Pearl Walsh50 pts
  2. 1=Jamal Ratke50 pts
  3. 1=Aryanna Sauer50 pts
  4. 1=Nikolas Hackett50 pts
  5. 1=Richmond DuBuque50 pts

And 5 more share first place on 50 pts. Then 4 judges on 40 and 23 on 35.

+10per vote+5for feedback+5if your pick wins

Intercepted transmissions · what judges wrote

  • From a judgeLoaded fast on my phone and I got it straight away.
  • From a judgeThis one actually solved the problem in the brief.
  • From a judgeThe other one looked nicer but this one worked.
  • From a judgeClear buttons and plain words. My mum could use it.
  • From a judgeFelt like a real product, not a demo.

Jo ParkJudges every round on the bus home.

Become a judge

Free to join. Judging takes two minutes.

Enlist · pick your sideNext season

Which side do you want?

Build for a team next season, or judge the apps right now.

Join the DevsYou write the code. Apply for next season. Join the Vibe CodersAI writes the code. Apply for next season. Judge the appsNot building? Open both apps and vote. Two minutes, free.

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CLASH OF CODEWAR ROOM ACCESS · S1
DEVS

Ada Okafor

@adaGitHub verified

Captain · Null Pointers

CLEARANCE
Captain
BRACKET
A
TEAM
Devs

Backend dev. Ten years of PHP and Go, still afraid of CSS.

ADA · S1 · R03