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Vibe codingEasyvc-g435
Subject Ai prompt specLevel Entry–Mid~12 minCommon in Distributed systems interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

You want an in-memory memoization decorator in Python, `@memoize(maxsize, ttl)`, that caches a pure function's results with a size cap and a time-to-live. You'll ask an AI agent to write it. Draft the prompt/spec — constraints, edge cases, acceptance criteria — for a first-try-correct result. What does a lazy prompt ("add a caching decorator with a TTL") 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.

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.