Vibe codingMediumvc-g012

Subject Ai prompt specLevel Mid–Senior~18 minCommon in Networking & APIs interviewsIndustries Telecom, Software development

Question

You need an AI agent to write a resilient HTTP client wrapper (Python) that calls a flaky third-party telecom/SMS API with retries. Write the spec so the retry logic is correct and doesn't make outages worse. What constraints must be explicit, and what does 'add retries with backoff' typically get wrong?

What a strong answer looks like

Treat the AI’s output as a draft to verify, not an answer to trust. Name the specific flaw and the input that triggers it, say how you’d catch it — tests, edge cases, reading critically — and how you’d re-prompt or decompose to get it right.

Learn the concepts

Describe your solution

Vibe coding: describe the solution in plain language (or narrate it) and the coach grades your approach. Generating runnable code from your description is coming next.

Run or narrate your approach, then ask the coach.