Code Room
Vibe codingHardvc-g198
Subject Ai prompt specLevel Senior–Staff~22 minCommon in Networking & APIs interviewsIndustries Software development, Technology

Question

You're directing an AI agent to build a POST /charges endpoint (Python/FastAPI) that creates a payment, where clients retry on network failure. Write the spec that makes the endpoint safe to retry — i.e. truly idempotent — and auditable. What key, storage semantics, concurrency handling, and acceptance criteria do you require? Then describe what a naive prompt ('make the endpoint idempotent') gets subtly but dangerously 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.

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.