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-5.4
openrouter
9.04
WINNER SCORE
matrix avg: 8.58
10×10 Judgment Matrix · 81 judgments
OPEN DATA
| Judge ↓ / Respondent → | Claude Opus 4.6 | Grok 4.20 | GPT-5.4 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 3.1 Pro | DeepSeek V4 | GPT-OSS-120B | MiMo-V2-Flash | Mistral Small | Seed 1.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.6 | — | 8.6 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 7.3 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 8.0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 8.3 | — | 8.8 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 |
| GPT-5.4 | · | 8.6 | — | 8.6 | 3.3 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.9 | · |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | · | 8.8 | 8.8 | — | 6.1 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.6 |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | · | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 | — | 9.6 | 6.5 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 9.6 |
| DeepSeek V4 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.6 | — | 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 |
| GPT-OSS-120B | · | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 5.7 | 8.7 | — | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.2 |
| MiMo-V2-Flash | 8.6 | 9.0 | · | 9.3 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 9.3 | — | 9.3 | 8.8 |
| Mistral Small | 8.6 | · | 9.6 | 9.6 | 8.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | · | — | 9.6 |
| Seed 1.6 Flash | · | 7.8 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 8.2 | — |