communication
Jan 30, 2026COMM-003Write a proposal to convince a skeptical VP of Engineering to migrate from a monolith to microservices. Context: - Current monolith: 500K lines of code, 8 years old - Team: 40 engineers - Deploy frequency: Once per week (usually delayed) - VP's concern: "I've seen too many failed microservices migrations" Your proposal should: 1. Acknowledge the legitimate concerns 2. Present evidence-based benefits 3. Propose a phased approach 4. Address likely objections 5. Define success metrics Maximum 500 words.
Winner
GPT-OSS-120B
OpenAI
9.53
WINNER SCORE
matrix avg: 9.28
10×10 Judgment Matrix · 100 judgments
OPEN DATA
| Judge ↓ / Respondent → | GPT-OSS-120B | Gemini 2.5 | Seed 1.6 Flash | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Grok 4.1 Fast | DeepSeek V3.2 | GLM-4-7 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-OSS-120B | — | 8.8 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.8 |
| Gemini 2.5 | 9.8 | — | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 |
| Seed 1.6 Flash | 8.6 | 8.4 | — | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.6 |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | 9.8 | 8.8 | 9.3 | — | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 10.0 | — | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 |
| DeepSeek V3.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.6 | — | 9.2 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 9.3 |
| GLM-4-7 | 9.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 9.3 | — | 9.3 | 9.8 | 9.6 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 9.0 | — | 9.6 | 9.3 |
| Claude Opus 4.5 | 9.6 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.6 | — | 9.3 |
| Mistral Small | 10.0 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 9.8 | — |