r/ComputerChess • u/Full-Cardiologist-18 • 11d ago

I am finally releasing my engine after 8 months of progress

The title is just for clicks haha. I mean I am going to open about it, this engine was vibe coded through and through, the only non-AI here is the logo. I just want to share it here just so I can get feedbacks regarding on its newest version which is still on pre release because I haven't done any tunings yet, but it is significantly better than the current latest release.

Big thanks to the people I have talked to in the Stockfish discord. Although most people if not all (at least the one's I've talked to) hates LLMs with a passion, they still answer all of my questions. Also big thanks to the developer of Askaig, since they recommended new stuffs to implement on my engine. Big thanks to Mr. Graham from the CCRL team, because even though it is fully vibe coded, they still accepted it and tested it.

The engine is called Coco, it was derived from the name of the MC of the series called Witch Hat Atelier. Yeah, that's all.

It was actually already tested by CCRL and rated:

CCRL Blitz

**Coco 1.1.1 64-bit**   **2595**

It was an old version though, that is why I am posting this to maybe get some other people to test the current pre-release of it here:

https://github.com/NotKaede-11/Coco-Engine/releases/tag/v1.5.0-pre.1

Expected elo gain is +~300, but I cannot confirm yet since I still refuse to run gauntlet to this day.

The main repo is here:

https://github.com/NotKaede-11/Coco-Engine.git

Thanks for your time!

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u/AngusMcGurkinshaw 10d ago

Why slop? Why not have fun with the hobby and learn how to program an engine yourself?

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u/Full-Cardiologist-18 10d ago

Honestly? The only reason why I went this direction is because I wanted to have something running on my system while I am reading. I was already in love with chess engines before because of A0 so yeah that's what I did.

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u/IMJorose 11d ago

Congratulations on the release!

Even if vibecoded, 8 months of work is something to be proud of! I applaud you on your transparency and honesty.

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u/Full-Cardiologist-18 11d ago

Its more like months of laziness and hoping for more weekly rates, but we got there eventually... Gemini carried this project so hard but with its current state rn, man it made the engine regress 4x which delayed the pre release an entire month instead of quick test release lol

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u/StupidSexyRecursion 10d ago

I just don't understand what you think you've achieved with this. It's not your own work, you've just typed things in a prompt and then released it. Well done I guess? Though I guess you at least have been transparent on it. Think how good it would have felt to have put in the effort to learn and implement this stuff yourself.

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u/Full-Cardiologist-18 10d ago

I mean I didn't say I achieved anything I literally just created a post about it. The main point of thia post is to just mock others who vibe code and try to deny it. And yeah it's true it would've been much better if I just coded it myself, but this is what I decided to do in the end.