/slot-machine development (CC vs. Codex; CE vs. superpowers)
Details
- External ID
- 47564996
- Source
- HN
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- Product
- /slot-machine development (CC vs. Codex; CE vs. superpowers)
- Website domain
- github.com
- Launched
- March 29, 2026
- Cohort
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- Upvotes
- 5
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.1070110701107011
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- Fetched at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
- Updated at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
Description
I built an opensource skill that runs N implementations in parallel, has each one reviewed blind by a separate agent, then a judge picks the winner or synthesizes the best parts of each.Each slot can use a different skill (CE:work in one vs superpowers:test-driven-development) and harness (CC vs. Codex). Or put different emphasis on each slot (functional vs. robustness). Also works for non-coding tasks (writing) and you can create custom slot-machines.The main insight is simple enough: AI agents are probabilistic. The same spec produces different code every time; different designs, different bugs, different quality.So running parallel implementations can increase quality if we can judge effectively.There is a real tradeoff here of increased time and tokens for quality but for production code this is often worth it; particularly on long running overnight loops on subscription plans. Also a simple way to learn which skills and harnesses actually work best for your codebase.Appreciate any feedback / PRs. This is early!
Enrichment
- Theme
- AI agent frameworks and developer tools
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- Normalized one-liner
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- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes This is an orchestration script or agent skill running multiple LLM prompts or harnesses in parallel and aggregating evaluations via an LLM judge.
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