ModelKombat
AI
coding model evaluation
SHOW HN2025
10points
4comments
#2,896of 3,837 in 2025
Top 76%of 2025 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Performance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting to see a coding-specific arena, with a retro feel
From 1 comment
Super interesting to see an arena specific to coding. I love the retro throwback. How are you deciding which challenges to start with for this first release?
elou on HN
Fun to try
From 1 comment
Pretty fun! A few questions: 1 - are you planning to let people write their own prompts? 2 - when will you share the model names?
rafiki6 on HN
Objections
Some models loop endlessly describing ideas without implementing code
From 1 comment
When I tried this, one of the two C++ models kept generating pages and pages of ideas for how it could implement the code, but just got stuck in a loop doing this and failed to…
StilesCrisis on HN
Requests
Let users write their own prompts
From 1 comment
Pretty fun! A few questions: 1 - are you planning to let people write their own prompts? 2 - when will you share the model names?
rafiki6 on HN
Reveal the model names
From 1 comment
Pretty fun! A few questions: 1 - are you planning to let people write their own prompts? 2 - when will you share the model names?
rafiki6 on HN
Questions
How challenges were selected for the first release
From 1 comment
Super interesting to see an arena specific to coding. I love the retro throwback. How are you deciding which challenges to start with for this first release?
elou on HN