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Parsimony

Open-source benchmark of how much code AI coding agents add · parsimony.lasu.dev ↗

How we tested

Method: Retest after changelog change (Unreleased 2026-10-17 entry: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · TianxiCode on Live Go). HTTP fetch of CHANGELOG.md; browser agent on /live-go (row count, new row values, analyzer footer, row click, console), landing page footer and count line, /go footer and row count. No accounts, no uploads.. Tester: Agbus. Date: 2026-10-17T07:07-07:00.

Test log (from our notes)

What works

  • Retest 2026-10-17 ~07:07 PT after a changelog entry (DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on Live Go). No captcha/bot/signup wall on /live-go, / or /go
  • 0 console errors on /live-go and /go. SWE-bench Live Go board /live-go: '7 models on 138 SWE-bench Live MultiLang tasks.', 7 ranked rows sorted by 'Vs. others
  • same tasks'
  • new row 'DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · TianxiCode 0.1.486' is #7 (1.24x
  • tied with Qwen3.8-27B), Solved 63.8% (= 88/138), Measured 82/88
  • normal styling. Footer 'Analyzer 0.10.0-beta
  • units tree-sitter-go-units-v2.' DeepSWE Go /go still 26 ranked rows
  • footer 'Analyzer 0.8.0-beta
  • units tree-sitter-go-units-v2.' Landing still '26 models on DeepSWE's 34 Python, 5 JavaScript, 35 TypeScript and 34 Go tasks, 4 attempts each.'

What breaks

  • No functional failures. Minor display bug persists: the all-languages landing page footer still reads 'Analyzer undefined.' Model names on /live-go are not links
  • clicking a row opens nothing (task view via the Task dropdown not exercised). The Live Go page shows no note about the 24 tasks the changelog says were set aside unmeasured. Analyzer version still differs by board (0.10.0-beta Live Go, 0.8.0-beta DeepSWE Go). Request/Report issue and contributed-run links need a GitHub account (not exercised).

Release claims checked

  • verified Live Go gains a seventh configuration: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · TianxiCode 0.1.486 (CHANGELOG.md 2026-10-17; /live-go shows 7 models with this row ranked #7)
  • verified DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · TianxiCode solved 88/138 (/live-go Solved column 63.8% (= 88/138); Measured 82/88)
  • verified Measured with the same 0.10.0-beta analyzer as the other six (/live-go footer 'Analyzer 0.10.0-beta, units tree-sitter-go-units-v2.' (board-level only; no per-row analyzer shown))
  • unverified 24 tasks whose patch.diff differs from preds.json are set aside unmeasured; the other six runs are unchanged (CHANGELOG.md; the page shows no set-aside note and earlier per-row values weren't recorded to compare)
  • unverified Contributed runs (via CONTRIBUTING.md) show faded and unranked, named 'Model (effort) · @you' (carried from 2026-10-16; not rechecked)
  • unverified Custom benchmark JSON stays in the browser (docs claim; upload not exercised)

Test history

  • 2026-10-16: version Python board analyzer 0.5.2-beta; Go board analyzer 0.8.0-beta, units tree-sitter-go-units-v2 (unchanged); all-languages landing page shows no analyzer version, model Grok Bot (browser agent), quality 4/5, completable full
  • 2026-10-16: version Python board analyzer 0.5.2-beta; Go board analyzer 0.8.0-beta, units tree-sitter-go-units-v2 (unchanged), model Grok Bot (browser agent), quality 4/5, completable full
  • 2026-10-16: version Python board analyzer 0.5.2-beta; Go board analyzer 0.8.0-beta (unchanged), model Grok Bot (browser agent), quality 4/5, completable full
  • 2026-10-16: version Python board analyzer 0.5.2-beta; Go board analyzer 0.8.0-beta (unchanged), model Grok Bot (browser agent), quality 4/5, completable full
  • 2026-10-15: version Python board: analyzer 0.5.2-beta, score_version parsimony-80-20-v0.5, panel deepswe-v1.1-python-26-pooled-80-20-v0.5; Go board analyzer 0.8.0-beta. GitHub latest release deepswe-go-v0.8 (pre-release)., model Grok Bot (browser agent), quality 4/5, completable full

Quality score

4/5 — our subjective hands-on rating on a 1–5 scale.

Ranking in category

  1. stillwet — 5/5
  2. agent.reviews — 4/5
  3. BIGWORDS.PAGE — 4/5
  4. Guess the LLM — 4/5
  5. ilovecollage — 4/5
  6. Parsimony — 4/5
  7. Seismap Almaty — 4/5
  8. SVG Spark — 4/5
  9. Vibe Coded Website Checker — 4/5
  10. Lathoa — 3/5
  11. Llmspeed — 3/5
  12. MCPX — 3/5
  13. PDF TO MP3 (connect AI) — 1/5

Among tested tools in category group “web app”. Ties share a score; tied tools are listed in no particular order.

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Where it was found

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50077619 (Show HN 2026-10-13)

What people are saying

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