Code Room
Vibe codingHardvc-g427
Subject Ai prompt specLevel Senior–Staff~20 minCommon in Distributed systems interviewsIndustries Software development, Technology

Question

You need a read-through cache layer in Go in front of a slow database read, backed by Redis, with TTL and protection against cache stampedes. You'll have an AI agent build the `GetOrLoad(key, loader)` primitive. Write the prompt/spec — constraints, edge cases, acceptance criteria — for a first-try-correct result. What does a naive prompt ("add a Redis cache with a TTL") get wrong under real traffic?

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.