Choose Your Battle

Competition Modes

Three distinct ways to prove your skills. From lightning-fast sprints to month-long epics.

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Flash Fire

24 Hours

Rapid prototyping under pressure. Ship fast or go home.

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Vibe Sprint

One Week

Balanced intensity. Time to polish while keeping the momentum.

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Long Cook

One Month

Big vision projects. Dream it, build it, perfect it.

See How Teams Build ↓

Real Team Collaboration

How Teams Actually Build

Not just one person with Claude. Real distributed teams using professional tools and workflows.

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Team Formation & Roles

Smart Matching: Algorithm pairs complementary skills across timezones. Teams of 2-5 people with defined roles:

Lead Dev: Architecture, backend, API design
Frontend Specialist: UI/UX, React/Vue, mobile
AI Engineer: LLM integration, prompt engineering, training
Designer: Visual identity, user flows, prototyping
Product Manager: Strategy, user research, demo coordination

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Professional Development Setup

Shared Infrastructure: Each team gets a complete development environment with real tools:

Code: GitHub/GitLab repo with CI/CD pipelines
Communication: Slack workspace + daily standups
Design: Figma collaborative workspace
Project Management: Linear/Notion for task tracking
Deployment: Vercel/Render staging + production environments
Monitoring: Sentry for errors, PostHog for analytics

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Live Collaborative Building

Real-time Coordination: Teams work together using industry-standard workflows:

Daily Standups: 15min check-ins via Discord/Zoom
Pair Programming: VS Code Live Share sessions
Code Reviews: GitHub PR process with mandatory reviews
Design Handoffs: Figma-to-code with measurements
Integration Testing: Continuous deployment to staging
User Testing: Beta users provide feedback via Hotjar

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AI-Augmented Development

Smart Tooling: Claude and GPT-4 integrated into the development workflow, not replacing humans:

Code Generation: Claude writes boilerplate, humans architect
Code Review AI: Automated security & performance analysis
Testing: AI generates test cases, humans validate logic
Documentation: Auto-generated API docs and README
Bug Fixing: AI suggests fixes, humans approve & implement
Optimization: Performance recommendations based on usage

Explore Tech Stack ↓

Professional Tools

The Real Tech Stack

Teams use the same tools as top startups. No toy environments.

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Development

Code, Deploy, Monitor

GitHub/GitLab, VS Code, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS/Vercel, Sentry, DataDog. Full CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and deployment.

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Design & UX

Design, Prototype, Test

Figma, Framer, Principle, Maze user testing, Hotjar heatmaps. Real user research with actual feedback from beta testers.

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AI Integration

LLMs, APIs, Training

Claude API, OpenAI GPT-4, Anthropic Workbench, Hugging Face, LangChain, vector databases. Custom model fine-tuning available.

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Analytics & Data

Measure, Analyze, Optimize

PostHog, Mixpanel, Google Analytics, custom dashboards. Real user data and performance metrics to guide decisions.

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Security & Scale

Secure, Scale, Maintain

Auth0, Cloudflare, load testing with k6, security scanning with Snyk. Enterprise-grade infrastructure from day one.

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Communication

Coordinate, Document, Present

Slack, Discord, Zoom, Loom screen recordings, Notion wikis. Async + sync communication across timezones.

See What Teams Build ↓

Real Results

What Teams Actually Build

Live apps from recent competitions. These aren't demos - they're production-ready products with real users.

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LIVE

MindMeld AI

AI therapy companion that remembers your emotional journey. Built in 7 days by Team Zenith.

2.3K users 4.8★ rating $12K MRR

React Claude API PostgreSQL

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FEATURED

VibeSync

Music that adapts to your team's coding flow. Real-time collaboration soundtrack generator.

8.7K users 4.9★ rating Featured on PH

Next.js Spotify API WebSocket

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SCALING

CodeTime

Time tracker that learns your productivity patterns and optimizes your schedule automatically.

15K users $45K ARR Series A talks

Vue.js FastAPI ML Pipeline

Team Spotlight

Meet Team Nexus

Winners of the last Vibe Sprint. Five strangers who became co-founders in 7 days.

From Idea to $50K ARR in 6 Months

Flash Fire Winner Y Combinator $50K ARR

The Challenge: "Build an AI tool that helps remote teams feel more connected."

Their Solution: VirtualCoffee - an AI that schedules perfect informal chats between team members based on personality, timezone, and current projects.

What Happened Next: After demo day, three companies wanted to pilot it immediately. They raised $200K pre-seed, got into Y Combinator, and now serve 50+ companies including Stripe and Notion.

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Alex Chen

Lead Engineer

San Francisco

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Maya Patel

Product Designer

London

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Jordan Kim

AI Engineer

Seoul

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Sam Rivera

Growth Lead

Mexico City

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Riley Foster

Product Manager

Toronto

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"We were five strangers on Monday. By Friday, we had a working product and a business plan. By the end of the month, we were co-founders. The Vibe Wars didn't just give us a product - it gave us a company."

— Maya Patel, Co-founder of VirtualCoffee

"I thought I was good at coding until I did a Flash Fire with teammates in three different continents. The coordination, the real-time problem solving, the way AI amplified our abilities - it was like watching the future of work happen in real time."

— Alex Chen, Lead Engineer at VirtualCoffee

"Building something people actually want in 24 hours? Impossible. Building it with strangers? Insane. But somehow, the constraints and the team dynamics created this flow state where we shipped features faster than our day jobs."

— Jordan Kim, AI Engineer

"The Vibe Wars taught me that innovation isn't about having the perfect idea - it's about having the perfect team and the right constraints. Our 'crazy' concept is now used by 50+ companies."

— Sam Rivera, Growth Lead at VirtualCoffee

"What started as a weekend experiment became our Series A pitch deck. The speed of iteration, the user feedback loop, the team chemistry - you can't simulate this in a regular startup environment."

— Riley Foster, Product Manager

"I joined as a solo developer thinking I'd learn some new tricks. Instead, I found my co-founders and discovered what it feels like to build something that matters with people who actually get it."

— Taylor Chang, Winner of Vibe Sprint 2024

Why Compete? ↓

Why Compete

More Than a Competition

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Earn Recognition

Build your reputation. Win awards. Get noticed by the right people.

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Find Your Tribe

Connect with builders who share your vision and energy.

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Level Up

Learn from the best. Watch others create. Grow exponentially.

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Create Culture

Be part of something bigger. Shape the future of creative technology.

Ready to Join? ↓

The Vibe Wars