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45826ed0104cfbe7a88746707cc502121aeca2d2 · 2026-07-22 22:47:16 -0700 · Steve Abrams
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commit 45826ed0104cfbe7a88746707cc502121aeca2d2
Author: Steve Abrams <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
Date: Wed Jul 22 22:47:16 2026 -0700
auto-save: 2026-07-22T22:47:10 (5 files) — data/challenges.json data/costlog.jsonl data/artifacts/74df3b61e7ca/gemma3-12b.html data/artifacts/74df3b61e7ca/hermes3-8b.html data/artifacts/74df3b61e7ca/kimi.html
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data/artifacts/74df3b61e7ca/gemma3-12b.html | 161 +++++++++++++++
data/artifacts/74df3b61e7ca/hermes3-8b.html | 104 ++++++++++
data/artifacts/74df3b61e7ca/kimi.html | 292 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
data/challenges.json | 49 +++--
data/costlog.jsonl | 1 +
5 files changed, 588 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/data/artifacts/74df3b61e7ca/gemma3-12b.html b/data/artifacts/74df3b61e7ca/gemma3-12b.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5acfda4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/artifacts/74df3b61e7ca/gemma3-12b.html
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+<title>Synthwave Visualizer</title>
+<style>
+body {
+ background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #2d0a47, #361c5b);
+ margin: 0;
+ overflow: hidden; /* Hide scrollbars */
+}
+
+#container {
+ position: relative;
+ width: 100vw;
+ height: 100vh;
+}
+
+#sun {
+ position: absolute;
+ top: -50px;
+ left: 50%;
+ transform: translateX(-50%);
+ width: 200px;
+ height: 200px;
+ background-color: #ffc861;
+ border-radius: 50%;
+ box-shadow: 0 0 50px rgba(255, 204, 97, 0.8);
+ animation: pulseSun 3s infinite;
+}
+
+#grid {
+ position: absolute;
+ bottom: -10vh; /* Adjust for sun size */
+ left: 0;
+ width: 100%;
+ height: 50vh;
+ overflow-x: hidden;
+}
+
+.grid-line {
+ position: absolute;
+ top: 0;
+ bottom: 0;
+ background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
+ transform: translateZ(0); /* force hardware acceleration */
+}
+
+#controls {
+ position: absolute;
+ top: 10px;
+ left: 10px;
+ padding: 10px;
+ background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
+ border-radius: 5px;
+}
+
+#controls button {
+ margin: 5px;
+ padding: 8px 16px;
+ background-color: #4287f5;
+ color: white;
+ border: none;
+ cursor: pointer;
+ border-radius: 3px;
+}
+
+@keyframes pulseSun {
+ 0% { transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1); }
+ 50% { transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1.2); }
+ 100% { transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1); }
+}
+</style>
+</head>
+<body>
+
+<div id="container">
+ <div id="sun"></div>
+ <div id="grid">
+ <!-- Grid lines will be dynamically added -->
+ </div>
+ <div id="controls">
+ <button id="playButton">Play</button>
+ <button id="stopButton">Stop</button>
+ </div>
+</div>
+
+<script>
+const container = document.getElementById('container');
+const sun = document.getElementById('sun');
+const grid = document.getElementById('grid');
+const playButton = document.getElementById('playButton');
+const stopButton = document.getElementById('stopButton');
+
+
+let audioContext;
+let oscillator;
+let isPlaying = false;
+
+function init() {
+ audioContext = new (window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext)();
+ oscillator = audioContext.createOscillator();
+ oscillator.type = 'sawtooth'; // or 'square', 'triangle', 'sine'
+ oscillator.frequency.setValueAtTime(220, audioContext.currentTime); // Initial frequency
+ oscillator.connect(audioContext.destination);
+
+ // Create grid lines dynamically
+ const numLines = 30;
+ for (let i = 0; i < numLines; i++) {
+ const line = document.createElement('div');
+ line.classList.add('grid-line');
+ line.style.width = '1px';
+ line.style.left = `${(i / (numLines - 1)) * 100}%`;
+ grid.appendChild(line);
+ }
+
+ playButton.addEventListener('click', playMusic);
+ stopButton.addEventListener('click', stopMusic);
+}
+
+
+function playMusic() {
+ if (!isPlaying) {
+ oscillator.start();
+ isPlaying = true;
+ playButton.textContent = 'Playing';
+ animateGrid();
+ }
+}
+
+function stopMusic() {
+ if (isPlaying) {
+ oscillator.stop();
+ isPlaying = false;
+ playButton.textContent = 'Play';
+ }
+}
+
+
+let animationFrameId;
+
+function animateGrid() {
+ const now = audioContext.currentTime;
+ const frequency = 220 + Math.sin(now * 2) * 50; // Vary the frequency for visual effect
+ oscillator.frequency.setValueAtTime(frequency, now);
+
+
+ const gridLines = document.querySelectorAll('.grid-line');
+ for (let i = 0; i < gridLines.length; i++) {
+ const offset = Math.sin(now * 1.5 + (i / gridLines.length) * Math.PI * 2) * 5; // Varying vertical offset
+ gridLines[i].style.transform = `translateY(${offset}px)`;
+ }
+
+ animationFrameId = requestAnimationFrame(animateGrid);
+}
+
+
+init();
+</script>
+
+</body>
+</html>
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diff --git a/data/artifacts/74df3b61e7ca/hermes3-8b.html b/data/artifacts/74df3b61e7ca/hermes3-8b.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7777cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/artifacts/74df3b61e7ca/hermes3-8b.html
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+ <title>Synthwave Music Visualizer</title>
+ <style>
+ body {
+ margin: 0;
+ padding: 0;
+ background-color: #000;
+ overflow: hidden;
+ }
+
+ canvas {
+ display: block;
+ width: 800px;
+ height: 400px;
+ }
+ </style>
+</head>
+<body>
+ <canvas></canvas>
+
+ <script>
+ const canvas = document.querySelector('canvas');
+ const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
+
+ // Set up the WebAudio API
+ const audioContext = new (window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext)();
+
+ const oscillator = audioContext.createOscillator();
+ const gainNode = audioContext.createGain();
+
+ oscillator.connect(gainNode);
+ gainNode.connect(audioContext.destination);
+
+ oscillator.type = 'sawtooth';
+ oscillator.frequency.value = 440; // A4 note
+
+ let isPlaying = false;
+
+ function playMusic() {
+ if (!isPlaying) {
+ isPlaying = true;
+ oscillator.start();
+
+ animate();
+ }
+ }
+
+ function stopMusic() {
+ if (isPlaying) {
+ isPlaying = false;
+ oscillator.stop();
+ cancelAnimationFrame(animationId);
+ }
+ }
+
+ canvas.addEventListener('click', () => {
+ if (isPlaying) {
+ stopMusic();
+ } else {
+ playMusic();
+ }
+ });
+
+ function animate() {
+ animationId = requestAnimationFrame(animate);
+
+ ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
+
+ const currentTime = audioContext.currentTime;
+
+ // Draw the retro sun
+ const sunSize = 100 + Math.sin(currentTime * 0.001) * 20;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.arc(canvas.width / 2, 50, sunSize / 2, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+ ctx.fillStyle = `hsl(${currentTime * 150 % 360}, 100%, 50%)`;
+ ctx.fill();
+
+ // Draw the animated perspective grid
+ for (let x = 0; x < canvas.width; x++) {
+ for (let y = 0; y < canvas.height; y++) {
+ const distance = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(x - canvas.width / 2, 2) + Math.pow(y - 50, 2));
+ const angle = Math.atan2(y - 50, x - canvas.width / 2);
+
+ const gridX = canvas.width / 2 + distance * Math.cos(angle + currentTime * 0.01);
+ const gridY = 50 + distance * Math.sin(angle + currentTime * 0.01);
+
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = `rgba(255, 255, 255, ${(distance % 10) / 10})`;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.moveTo(x, y);
+ ctx.lineTo(gridX, gridY);
+ ctx.stroke();
+ }
+ }
+
+ requestAnimationFrame(animate);
+ }
+
+ playMusic(); // Start the music when the page loads
+ </script>
+</body>
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/data/artifacts/74df3b61e7ca/kimi.html b/data/artifacts/74df3b61e7ca/kimi.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c25df3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/artifacts/74df3b61e7ca/kimi.html
@@ -0,0 +1,292 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+<meta charset="UTF-8">
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+<title>Synthwave Visualizer</title>
+<style>
+body {
+ margin: 0;
+ padding: 0;
+ background: #050011;
+ overflow: hidden;
+ font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;
+}
+canvas {
+ display: block;
+ width: 100vw;
+ height: 100vh;
+}
+#controls {
+ position: absolute;
+ bottom: 30px;
+ left: 50%;
+ transform: translateX(-50%);
+ display: flex;
+ gap: 20px;
+ z-index: 10;
+}
+button {
+ background: transparent;
+ border: 2px solid #ff00ff;
+ color: #00ffff;
+ padding: 12px 30px;
+ font-size: 16px;
+ font-weight: bold;
+ text-transform: uppercase;
+ cursor: pointer;
+ box-shadow: 0 0 10px #ff00ff, inset 0 0 10px rgba(255,0,255,0.2);
+ text-shadow: 0 0 5px #00ffff;
+ transition: all 0.3s;
+ letter-spacing: 2px;
+}
+button:hover {
+ background: rgba(255,0,255,0.2);
+ box-shadow: 0 0 20px #ff00ff, inset 0 0 20px rgba(255,0,255,0.4);
+}
+button:active {
+ transform: scale(0.95);
+}
+</style>
+</head>
+<body>
+
+<canvas id="viz"></canvas>
+<div id="controls">
+ <button id="playBtn">Play</button>
+ <button id="stopBtn">Stop</button>
+</div>
+
+<script>
+const canvas = document.getElementById('viz');
+const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
+let width, height;
+
+function resize() {
+ width = canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
+ height = canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
+}
+window.addEventListener('resize', resize);
+resize();
+
+// Audio Context
+let audioCtx, analyser, bassOsc, leadOsc, bassGain, leadGain;
+let isPlaying = false;
+let startTime = 0;
+let beatCount = 0;
+const tempo = 128;
+const beatDuration = 60 / tempo;
+
+// Sequencer data
+const bassLine = [65.41, 65.41, 49.00, 49.00, 43.65, 43.65, 65.41, 49.00]; // C2, G1, F1
+const leadLine = [523.25, 587.33, 659.25, 698.46, 783.99, 698.46, 659.25, 587.33]; // C5 scale
+
+function initAudio() {
+ const AudioContext = window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext;
+ audioCtx = new AudioContext();
+
+ analyser = audioCtx.createAnalyser();
+ analyser.fftSize = 256;
+ analyser.connect(audioCtx.destination);
+
+ // Bass: Sawtooth for that retro analog sound
+ bassOsc = audioCtx.createOscillator();
+ bassOsc.type = 'sawtooth';
+ bassGain = audioCtx.createGain();
+ bassGain.gain.value = 0.3;
+
+ // Filter effect using BiquadFilter would be nice but keeping it simple
+ bassOsc.connect(bassGain);
+ bassGain.connect(analyser);
+
+ // Lead: Square wave with detune for chorus effect
+ leadOsc = audioCtx.createOscillator();
+ leadOsc.type = 'square';
+ leadGain = audioCtx.createGain();
+ leadGain.gain.value = 0.1;
+
+ leadOsc.connect(leadGain);
+ leadGain.connect(analyser);
+
+ bassOsc.start();
+ leadOsc.start();
+
+ scheduleSequence();
+}
+
+let nextNoteTime = 0;
+let currentBeat = 0;
+
+function scheduleSequence() {
+ nextNoteTime = audioCtx.currentTime;
+ scheduler();
+}
+
+function scheduler() {
+ if (!isPlaying) return;
+
+ while (nextNoteTime < audioCtx.currentTime + 0.1) {
+ playBeat(nextNoteTime, currentBeat);
+ nextNoteTime += beatDuration;
+ currentBeat = (currentBeat + 1) % 8;
+ }
+
+ setTimeout(scheduler, 25);
+}
+
+function playBeat(time, beat) {
+ // Bass with slight envelope
+ const freq = bassLine[beat];
+ bassOsc.frequency.setValueAtTime(freq, time);
+ bassOsc.frequency.exponentialRampToValueAtTime(freq * 0.5, time + beatDuration * 0.8);
+
+ // Lead every other beat
+ if (beat % 2 === 0) {
+ const leadFreq = leadLine[Math.floor(beat/2) % leadLine.length];
+ leadOsc.frequency.setValueAtTime(leadFreq, time);
+ leadGain.gain.setValueAtTime(0.15, time);
+ leadGain.gain.exponentialRampToValueAtTime(0.01, time + beatDuration * 1.5);
+ }
+}
+
+// Visualizer data
+const dataArray = new Uint8Array(256);
+let gridOffset = 0;
+
+function draw() {
+ requestAnimationFrame(draw);
+
+ // Clear with gradient sky
+ const gradient = ctx.createLinearGradient(0, 0, 0, height);
+ gradient.addColorStop(0, '#0a0014');
+ gradient.addColorStop(0.6, '#2d1b4e');
+ gradient.addColorStop(1, '#ff0080');
+ ctx.fillStyle = gradient;
+ ctx.fillRect(0, 0, width, height);
+
+ let bassEnergy = 0;
+ if (isPlaying && analyser) {
+ analyser.getByteFrequencyData(dataArray);
+ for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+ bassEnergy += dataArray[i];
+ }
+ bassEnergy = bassEnergy / 10;
+ gridOffset += 2 + (bassEnergy / 255) * 5;
+ if (gridOffset > 40) gridOffset = 0;
+ }
+
+ const pulse = 1 + (bassEnergy / 255) * 0.15;
+ const horizonY = height * 0.65;
+
+ // Draw Sun
+ const sunX = width / 2;
+ const sunY = horizonY - 50;
+ const sunRadius = Math.min(width, height) * 0.22 * pulse;
+
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.shadowBlur = 60 * pulse;
+ ctx.shadowColor = '#ff00aa';
+
+ const sunGrad = ctx.createLinearGradient(0, sunY - sunRadius, 0, sunY + sunRadius);
+ sunGrad.addColorStop(0, '#ffff00');
+ sunGrad.addColorStop(0.5, '#ff9900');
+ sunGrad.addColorStop(1, '#ff0055');
+ ctx.fillStyle = sunGrad;
+
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.arc(sunX, sunY, sunRadius, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+ ctx.fill();
+
+ // Sun stripes (classic synthwave cut effect)
+ ctx.fillStyle = '#0a0014';
+ ctx.shadowBlur = 0;
+ for (let i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+ const stripY = sunY - sunRadius * 0.3 + (i * sunRadius * 0.25);
+ const stripHeight = 4 + (bassEnergy / 255) * 8;
+ ctx.fillRect(sunX - sunRadius, stripY, sunRadius * 2, stripHeight);
+ }
+ ctx.restore();
+
+ // Mountains silhouette
+ ctx.fillStyle = '#050011';
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.moveTo(0, horizonY);
+ for (let x = 0; x <= width; x += 30) {
+ const noise = Math.sin(x * 0.01) * 20 + Math.sin(x * 0.03) * 15 + Math.sin(x * 0.1) * 5;
+ ctx.lineTo(x, horizonY - 30 - noise);
+ }
+ ctx.lineTo(width, horizonY);
+ ctx.lineTo(0, horizonY);
+ ctx.fill();
+
+ // Perspective Grid
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.strokeStyle = '#00ffff';
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1.5;
+ ctx.shadowBlur = 15;
+ ctx.shadowColor = '#00ffff';
+
+ // Vertical perspective lines
+ const centerX = width / 2;
+ for (let i = -15; i <= 15; i++) {
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ const topX = centerX + i * 30;
+ const bottomX = centerX + i * 300;
+ ctx.moveTo(topX, horizonY);
+ ctx.lineTo(bottomX, height);
+ ctx.stroke();
+ }
+
+ // Horizontal moving lines
+ ctx.strokeStyle = '#ff00ff';
+ ctx.shadowColor = '#ff00ff';
+ for (let i = 0; i < 15; i++) {
+ const progress = (i * 40 + gridOffset) / 600;
+ const y = horizonY + Math.pow(progress, 3) * (height - horizonY);
+ if (y > horizonY && y < height) {
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 1 - progress * 0.8;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.moveTo(0, y);
+ ctx.lineTo(width, y);
+ ctx.stroke();
+ }
+ }
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
+ ctx.restore();
+
+ // Vignette
+ const radGrad = ctx.createRadialGradient(width/2, height/2, height/3, width/2, height/2, height);
+ radGrad.addColorStop(0, 'transparent');
+ radGrad.addColorStop(1, 'rgba(0,0,0,0.6)');
+ ctx.fillStyle = radGrad;
+ ctx.fillRect(0, 0, width, height);
+}
+
+// Controls
+document.getElementById('playBtn').addEventListener('click', () => {
+ if (!isPlaying) {
+ if (!audioCtx) {
+ initAudio();
+ } else if (audioCtx.state === 'suspended') {
+ audioCtx.resume();
+ }
+ isPlaying = true;
+ currentBeat = 0;
+ nextNoteTime = audioCtx.currentTime;
+ scheduler();
+ }
+});
+
+document.getElementById('stopBtn').addEventListener('click', () => {
+ isPlaying = false;
+ if (audioCtx && audioCtx.state === 'running') {
+ audioCtx.suspend();
+ }
+});
+
+// Start animation loop
+draw();
+</script>
+
+</body>
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/data/challenges.json b/data/challenges.json
index c1f04ff..3e9fc93 100644
--- a/data/challenges.json
+++ b/data/challenges.json
@@ -152,31 +152,40 @@
{
"model": "qwen3-14b",
"status": "error",
- "error": "server restarted mid-run",
- "seconds": 0,
+ "error": "no HTML document in model output (0 chars)",
+ "seconds": 137,
"cost": null,
- "started_at": "2026-07-23T05:36:44.763Z"
+ "started_at": "2026-07-23T05:39:50.243Z",
+ "finished_at": "2026-07-23T05:42:07.510Z"
},
{
"model": "gemma3-12b",
- "status": "error",
- "error": "server restarted mid-run",
- "seconds": 0,
- "cost": null
+ "status": "done",
+ "error": null,
+ "seconds": 30,
+ "cost": 0,
+ "started_at": "2026-07-23T05:42:07.511Z",
+ "finished_at": "2026-07-23T05:42:37.973Z",
+ "bytes": 3678
},
{
"model": "hermes3-8b",
- "status": "error",
- "error": "server restarted mid-run",
- "seconds": 0,
- "cost": null
+ "status": "done",
+ "error": null,
+ "seconds": 12,
+ "cost": 0,
+ "started_at": "2026-07-23T05:42:37.974Z",
+ "finished_at": "2026-07-23T05:42:50.082Z",
+ "bytes": 2614
},
{
"model": "qwen25-7b",
- "status": "error",
- "error": "server restarted mid-run",
+ "status": "running",
+ "error": null,
"seconds": 0,
- "cost": null
+ "cost": null,
+ "started_at": "2026-07-23T05:39:54.409Z",
+ "finished_at": null
},
{
"model": "claude",
@@ -189,11 +198,13 @@
},
{
"model": "kimi",
- "status": "error",
- "error": "server restarted mid-run",
- "seconds": 0,
- "cost": null,
- "started_at": "2026-07-23T05:36:38.162Z"
+ "status": "done",
+ "error": null,
+ "seconds": 129,
+ "cost": 0.0148,
+ "started_at": "2026-07-23T05:39:58.329Z",
+ "finished_at": "2026-07-23T05:42:06.902Z",
+ "bytes": 7415
},
{
"model": "gpt",
diff --git a/data/costlog.jsonl b/data/costlog.jsonl
index 819ee84..8411679 100644
--- a/data/costlog.jsonl
+++ b/data/costlog.jsonl
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
{"ts":"2026-07-23T05:32:27.999Z","provider":"moonshot","model":"kimi-k2.5","task":"model-arena","input_tokens":90,"output_tokens":6449,"cost_usd":0.016176}
{"ts":"2026-07-23T05:36:35.853Z","provider":"moonshot","model":"kimi-k2.5","task":"model-arena","input_tokens":127,"output_tokens":2649,"cost_usd":0.006699}
{"ts":"2026-07-23T05:37:35.716Z","provider":"xai","model":"grok-4.5","task":"model-arena","input_tokens":322,"output_tokens":6581,"cost_usd":0.099681}
+{"ts":"2026-07-23T05:42:06.899Z","provider":"moonshot","model":"kimi-k2.5","task":"model-arena","input_tokens":120,"output_tokens":5902,"cost_usd":0.014827}
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